Ok, drug issues aside, lets look at what Quincy Carter did here.
Everyone just assumes the guy had no talent because he failed here, but he had a pretty good arm and nice physical skills. All the scouting reports said so, and I remember when he was in college he was regarded as a darkhorse heisman candidate and rising star. Wasn't ready to play, needed about 2 seasons of development said the scouts. So can anyone honestly say they were shocked when he didnt come out and light it up? I believe in his 3rd year he went something like 3400 yards, 58%, 17 tds, 20 ints. Which is what i would expect out of a QB in what was his 15th-30th starts. I can't really say he was all that bad, nor can I really say that he would have never improved as so many here were fond of saying. Nor can I say he would have been a good or great QB. Last year with the Jets he did play very well in Pennington's absence, i think he ended up with a qb rating in the 90s in what, 4 games?
As far as Jason Campbell goes, his talent was compared to Quincy's quite often during his recruitment at AU. He was considered the best QB prospect in the Southeast but stunk for 3 seasons at auburn before getting it all together with a team full of stars. Do I think Jason can succeed in the NFL? Sure, anyone with physical talent can. Its all a matter of getting your head in the game. I don't know if he'll ever be good, seeing as how he was a huge disappointment at AU and only succeeded when he got an insane team around him. At least he doesn't have the personal issues quincy has, obviously. I do know one thing: on no planet would Jason Campbell have been a 1st round draft pick. Skins reached BIG TIME on that guy.
Also remember, as a poster above said "Gibbs knows qbs he got to 3 superbowls with 3 different ones" Yeah, but can you honestly say that Rypien and Doug Williams were really any good? It was more like Gibbs got a couple of decent years out of his otherwise very average QBs.
