Well, I think he was placed in a no win situation. I have been arguing with you Skins fans for years about how your team is assembled and finally some of you are starting to get it.
Throwing away draft picks and making questionable personnel decisions is a crippling factor for a team. Let me give you a few examples.
1. Stephen Davis. He was a weapon. I can't even tell you how many Skins fans told me that Trung Canidate was a better option because of Spurrier's system. I tried to tell them that I actually knew Trung from here at the University of Arizona and some of your best and brightest fans told me I was wrong. Keeping Davis would have been a mistake.
2. When it became obvious that I was correct and getting rid of Stephen Davis was a mistake the Commanders over reacted to the need to get a RB. While I do think Clinton Portis was pretty good, the price you paid was ignorant. Holy cow, you do not get rid of the best CB in the game and throw in a Draft pick for a RB.
3. Throwing away draft picks for players is way too risky. I could not believe the price you guys paid for TJ Duckett.
When you do things liek this that affect your team at multiple positions it will only boomerang back on a QB. Especially if he is thrown to the wolves too soon. You overpaid for him, tossed him in as a starter before he was ready, and are surprised that his results are not Pro Bowl caliber as you have upheaval around him on a yearly basis.
I liked Campbell coming out of college, but I honestly thought he needed to be a backup QB who you see if he can develop into a starter. I didn't see him as a 1st round pick by any wild stretch of the imagination. he's being treated like a franchise QB because of his Draft status. I think that is a mistake.
I tip my hat to him for how handles insults from the team. They are apparently doing everything in their power to get rid of him. If I had money to bet, I'd say you will reach for a QB again and use him wrong. It's a pattern.
You have no depth because of the Free Agent spending sprees your owner goes on and when injuries hit you, there's little to do except ride them out and pray for mediocrity.
In truth, I don't see your team coming out of the cellar until there is a complete philosophy change. It's not Campbell's fault he was drafted where he was or thrown in too soon. But he's the guy who will get scapegoated for the poor decisions all around him.
Good kid who is getting ruined by a bad system, and I do not mean the WCO. He fits that quite well. The problem is there is no stability in DC. Drama rules the day every day. The QB feels the brunt of that. Fans, media, and management are all on his back. That's a no win. Eli Manning would not have developed into the QB he is now, in Washington.
Damned good post. I couldn't have said it better.