Comments on: who’s to blame: campbell or offensive line?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:28:09 +0000

Who cares if its mostly the line or Campbell because there is not a snowballs chance in hell that Snyder is going to resign him as a starter and no, I doubt Campbell will resign knowing he’ll be a backup.

Being in Seattle, I just hope Snyder is stupid, again, like in the past, and wastes his top pick on another QB bust, again, then who knows, maybe Colt Brennan will be available to my Hawks.

By: DC Landing Strip

DC Landing Strip — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:34:06 +0000

I absolutely love the fact that Snyder is the one “evaluating” QBs, as if he knows half a shit about QB abilities.

Snyder and Cerrato are of the belief that a QB exists on an island. Until the former admits he is wrong (0% chance) and the latter is fired, this cycle is going to continue forever.

This offseason, we won’t be dropping a bad QB for a better one. We’ll be replacing one whipping boy for another. I give it until about next October when the honeymoon ends for Claussen/McCoy/Bradford/Whoever.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:25:33 +0000

Absolute truth number 1 in football: If the o-line is good, everything works. If the o-line is bad, nothing works. A good o-line makes the defense better by keeping them off the field. The one and only thing this team has been missing for the last 4-6 years is a good o-line. And so nothing has worked. Wanna know why you can’t stop Dallas at the end last week? Defense is tired out. If you can keep them off the field a bit more, you can win that game. Same thing last year at fedex against dallas. Couldn’t stop them with your exhausted defense. It was the o-line that was the problem. Is, was, has been, will be the problem.Wanna run better? fix the line. Wanna pass better? fix the Line.

By: Spoon!

Spoon! — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:13:37 +0000

The line has been a shambles since 2005. Can I be the only person who remembers the injuries and the general caning the Seahawks’ D-line administered to drive us out of the playoffs in 2005 and 2007?

Rabach, going into the 2008 off-season was the most glaring weakness, even beyond ORT. He was a prison-biyotch for any NG/NT lined-up over his face the entire 2008 season. You can deal with an ORT who needs help far easier than you can deal with fast pressure straight into the QB’s grill. A bad center allows just this kind of pressure and Rabach, for all his mastery of the offense and line calls, is physically overmatched 1:1 with a good DT/NT at this point in his career.

The rest of the line was crap except Samuels who was coming off major injury. Randy Thomas, a terrific O-lineman when he has working arms, hasn’t been healthy in three years. His best weapon, his punch, is exactly nullified by the kind of triceps tears he has had. Kendall was incapable of pulling or practicing. Dockery was a mediocre when he left for Buffalo and has not markedly improved. Heyer is a guy who has had every opportunity to show he is a starter and he just isn’t. Saying he is a better pass blocker than 2008 Jansen is definitely damning with faint praise and he has never been half as good as Jansen as a run blocker due to inflexible hips.

In essence, by passing on drafting young linemen, in drafts historically deep at O-line, Snyderratto have doomed us to continued years of crap offense. Based on projected FA O-linemen, there aren’t any expected to be available that even Snyder in an uncapped year could bring in to provide significant upgrades.

You can’t draft an O-line in one year. Even the ‘81 draft “only” got us three hogs and if Vinny ever showed any ability to draft like that it was in the Star Trek alternate universe where everyone has a goatee and is the opposite of their earthly counterpart.

In short, Jason is more than good enough to pull a Rypien and “drive the Cadillac”. Unfortunately, he is driving a Yugo with no windshield.

By: SkinsFan

SkinsFan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:09:45 +0000

I don’t understand what you mean by “We’ve always believed Campbell is good, but not great”. Seriously that means unless you have someone like peyton manning, it doesn’t matter who your QB is. There is just no point in talking if Campbell is good or ok or bad. Because it doesn’t matter what we think.
And your post is depressing. Rookie QB, hit and miss with draft, new coach new scheme new new new. Tell you what, I enjoyed watching the broncos game and although we lost last week it was not bad watching the game because of the way defense and Jason played. not taking a shot before the first half(15 sec remaining) made me mad at zorn. are you seriously thinking you are going to playoffs? man I was mad. So I am not going to look too further into the future. I will look forward to a game on sunday. If it is a good game enjoy and savour(blue moon in my case). Not a good game too bad. next week maybe.

By: Spence

Spence — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:29:24 +0000

No offense to your friend, but he couldn’t be more wrong. The offensive line is a shambles and was before the injuries began. The Redskins needed a punter to score for them in week 1 when the line was healthy. As for Campbell, he’s actually getting better. The Redskins will, most likely, discard him after the season. I wish them luck finding a better quarterback among the available free agents. And as for the draft, that’s a 3-year crapshoot with a 50% failure rate. Good luck with that, too. They’ll need it.