chiefhog44 wrote:crazyhorse1 wrote:ChrisHanburger wrote:1niksder wrote:Irn-Bru wrote:CanesSkins26 wrote:TincoSkin wrote:it also doesnt help that CP is 500 years old and is lacking some of that young guy quickness
I actually thought that he showed a pretty good burst and good quickness the few times that the line actually opened up some running lanes.
Yeah, and another way to tell that CP was doing well was to watch Larry Johnson try to run when he gave Portis a spell. Huge difference between the two.
If Kyle had given either of them a shot instead of going to Armstrong on back to back calls, that last play of the game might not have happened. Back to back runs and .....
I think I read somewhere that the second fade was an option audibled by Mcnabb. A run may have been the first call.....
That said, I think people are missing obvious negatives. Our OL really is weak and won't get better. Neither Doc nor Rabach are adequate, and each of the others (including Williams) is suspect, with only Williams having an upside. That, and lack of 1st class RB's, means weak running game. which will be a problem all year. Defense is just as flawed. Our two outside linebackers don't tackle in space or close on ball carriers quickly enough, plus two of our three DL are terribly weak. We should not be committed to the 3-4 and will suffer for it. Landry was great, but a SS should not be the guy making all the tackles. We cannot expect to win if we cannot stop the run (which it appears we cannot), especially if we are weak offensively, which we are.
Reality check: if Campbell were still playing QB for us and had the same game McNabb had, we would be calling for his head, talking about how he can't score in the red zone, bitching about how he misses long passes, faulting his leadership, etc. Plus, we would add a new charge: failure to complete fifty percent of his passes. Double standard, anyone?
Agree about Rabach and Doc. Doc won't be starting by the end of the year though, and Williams is not suspect and neither is Brown. every time Brown was in the game, we had good drives...not so with Heyer. It made a huge difference.
I hate to combat your statement on Campbell, because I don't want this to turn into a 17 page Campbell argument, but here goes... First off, no way Campbell has this game. He would have been sacked at least twice and probably fumbled once. That is for sure. I haven't seen a Skins QB avoid some of that kind of pressure since.....hum...still thinking...over 20 years ago. Secondly, IF he had the game McNabb had in stats, I WOULD have been all over him, because he has had that kind of game his ENTIRE career, and I am sick of it. McNabb has had ONE full game in this system and has a history of being a GREAT QB. Campbell didn't have receivers drop passes on him. He just flat missed them. There were six passes I can think of that were flat dropped. Moss (1), Sellers (2), Armstrong (3). There may have been more, but 21-32 aint that bad for missing two weeks and playing your first game in a new system and coming out with a win against the Cowboys on the first go.
Only three passes were thown to Armstrong and he caught one of them. Another was not catchable and the third, the dropped pass, was a difficult opportunity that anybody might have dropped. No. McNabb was not particularly hindered by dropped passes-- in spite of the comments of McNabb apologists on this board, there are almost always dropped passes and there will always be dropped passes. McNabb's major problem was inaccuracy, a problem that has plagued him throughout his career.
Please don't bother trying to tell people that receivers didn't drop Campbell passes, that he just flat out missed them. That kind of nonsensical statement simply can't be backed up. The Skins flubbed his passes for years-- to the point of madness. Fact is, he has a higher career completion percentage than McNabb for a reason-- he's more accurate than McNabb.
Facts are facts. On offense, this year, it cannot yet be shown that the Skins are better than they were last year. Seemingly, they still can't score, open holes , keep out pass rushers, look like an NFL team in the red zone, etc. Maybe we are a better O team than we were last year. I hope so. It's just that we haven't proven it yet. For my money, McNabb looked better than Campbell in one area only-- he's better in avoiding a rush. Maybe that will make a big difference.
Let's keep our fingers crossed.
