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Jason Campbell, Sports Illustrated cover guy

By JohnTaylor on Aug. 4, 2009 into Redskins 360

Coming to a newstand later this week (or your mailbox): The latest Sports Illustrated, featuring Washington Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell on the cover.

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The theme, as you can read, is "Pressure Points and Pivotal Players." The Redskins, led of course by Campbell at quarterback, are one of five teams "feeling the pressure," according the the mag, along with the Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles. (nice company, yikes)

I've got Ryan and David hopefully asking Jason about the cover, the jinx (yes the jinx) and more ... until then, Sports Illustrated passed along this nugget from Peter King's story:

Redskins QB Jason Campbell is perhaps the player facing the greatest scrutiny: "Despite appearances, though, Campbell might be under the harshest spotlight of any NFL player as training camps open across the country. In the off-season the Skins pursued Jay Cutler and showed interest in Mark Sanchez, and as the fifth-year quarterback walked onto the practice field the name of yet another available quarterback popped up. At least two fans were wearing Falcons number 7 jerseys, and behind a fence near the practice field a DC WANTS VICK sign waved in the crowd."

Campbell admits that the treatment has been wearing on him: “It’s, well, tough sometimes. I am fine now, but there were a couple of times in the off-season I felt like a piece of tissue they were flushing down the toilet."

Deadskins wrote:Well, maybe the SI jinx just reverses the fortunes of the cover athlete. If so, Jason will play great this year.