Hostile;2302555 said:
Not to me he doesn't. He is certainly a starter, but I have a higher definition of a Franchise QB than one good game against my team.
Was Clint Longley a franchise QB? Kevin Sweeney? Jason Garrett?
All of them had better games than Campbell did last week. It's about body of work, not one game. It's about overall ability to make other teams sweat.
I agree with you 100% on this. If we went with the common perception, along the lines of what you just said, Todd Collins and Vinny Testaverde (although waaaaay past useful age IMO), would both be franchise QB's.
The thing I do like about Campbell, is I no longer freak out and cuss him out when he throws deep or starts to run. Last year, those were automatic turnover situations. The thing I'm liking, is that he is really starting to show that he has made significant progress since last season in his development.
The way I see things, is even a good season or two doesn't define a franchise QB. I mean, even Gus Frerotte had two solid seasons, and we see where that went lol.
Romo is in the same boat I think though. We haven't seen him work without some of the best in the game, so it's hard to gauge so far. He does look pretty damn good doing what he does so far though. He just needs the big game confidence. Once he gets that down, I think you guys would be damn hard to beat.
Cambell has the advantage that he's young, and he's physically a perfect design of a QB as far as his genetics go. He just needs to prove still that he's solid, and not just having a good few games.
But, keep in mind fellas, even the greats, and the franchise QBs had crap or mediocre seasons/games mixed in.
Examples.....
Marino 1999 - 2448yds, 12td, 17int
Elway 1983 - 1663yds, 7td, 14int
Aikman 1989 - 1749yds, 9td, 18int
2000 - 1632yds, 7td, 14int
Aikman is widely considered one of the great QBs. Not only as a Commanders fan, but as a stat *****, I think it's lame and he's slightly above average, not great (outside of his postseason record).
His career average season looks like this.....
2,745 Yds
13 Td
12 Int
Does that seem like a franshise QB? That's what he was.
Jason Campbell in his short time, has stats that average out to this for a season.....
3,250 Yds
19 Td
11 Int
Kinda makes his future a little brighter doesn't it? That puts him up there near Romo, and ahead of Aikman.
I still say it's too early though. If he finished with 5k yards, 50 td, 0 int, then came out next year and averaged less than 100 yards a game, and threw 5 td and 30 int, he would suck. He needs more than a year or two under his belt, as does Romo, before people can jump to conclusions and assume.
