A Must Read for JC17 and Colt fans

Stumbled upon this, it's a great read.
Hopefully will silence some critics and cult of colt and let JC play it out this year.

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we lead the nfl in drops

wow. I didn’t know that.

by liger99 on Aug 20, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

OK where are the colt stats

Oh yeah………HE’S A 3RD STRING QB. WHERE HE BELONGS, ENOUGH SAID!

by skinsymets on Aug 20, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

that was a great read, didn’t realize how many dropped passes there were on our team.. o.O
let’s just see how this next preseason game goes, since more starters are going to play. with more time and experience with the team and with the same offensive system (with newly added plays), hopefully things will get better :)

by riseup on Aug 20, 2009 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd. and filed away

(to use as ammunition). JC is poised to have his best season yet, with more weapons than ever before. Now he just needs to take command and become our field general.

RAK EM UP!

by VA_Skin on Aug 21, 2009 2:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

TO JC FANS

WELL I GUESS U ARE OUTA BULLETS BECAUSE JC STILL HAS NOT SCORED A POINT YET

by washingtonwin on Aug 23, 2009 6:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How many has Colt scored again?

HINT: It’s the same number of punctuation marks you’ve never used.

RAK EM UP!

by VA_Skin on Aug 23, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Moss

was second in the league in drops?! Wow.

Some of the commenters on that article made some good points though. I am a huge Campbell fan but some of the dropped passes and sacks he took can be attributed to him throwing the ball too early, waiting too long to make a throw, throwing it a little above, in front of, or behind the receiver, etc. There were times last season when I thought a better throw could have been caught or could have been turned into a longer gain, but I never found myself saying “Damnit Cambell sucks.” I really think that most Campbell haters really just don’t know all that much about the game of football, which is why its so frustrating to debate them.

The second year in the offense for Campbell AND his receivers will show a marked improvement. But after watching Peyton for a little last night, there is no denying that he and Brady and a couple others are on a higher plane. Ultimately though, the Redskins do not NEED a quarterback like that to win and be successful year in and year out. Fans need to stop thinking the grass is always greener in this town, especially before the season has even started.

by Boo. on Aug 21, 2009 9:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nah.

…waiting too long to make a throw, throwing it a little above, in front of, or behind the receiver, etc.

Football Outsiders game charting accounts for this and doesn’t count those as ‘drops’.

by smutsboy1 on Aug 21, 2009 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd be interested to see how they score it.

I know they counted overthrows and underthrows, but there are so many factors going on and everything is moving so fast that you can’t say conclusively whether a poor pass attempt was Campbell’s fault, the receiver’s fault, or the line’s fault. If the ball is at the receiver’s knees and they get their hands on it but can’t pull it in its a drop. But if it had hit them in the number’s would they have been able to catch it better? Should the receiver have been expecting it to come in low or should the QB have made a better pass? The margin between success and failure in the NFL is tiny.

Especially in a new offense, receiver’s might not be on the same page as the QB. Can football outsiders decide which party made the mistake on the pass? They don’t know for certain what the play call was. All in all it was a great article and Homer McFanBoy is a quality read every day. The stats definately help the pro-Campbell argument, but they don’t exonerate him completely. Not that anyone is saying that.

by Boo. on Aug 21, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

HE IS STILL ON TRACK

HE IS STILL MISSING WIDE OPEN RECIEVERS AND THROWING BEHIND THEM AND OVER THERE HEADS GREAT JOB JC FANS YOU REALLY PICK A WINNER if colt had the first offense to work with instead of the third string guys im very sure he would DO ALOT BETTER THAN JC

by washingtonwin on Aug 23, 2009 7:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

right

because he’s just lighting up the third string defenses. I noticed Pittsburgh’s future grocery-baggers waving their hands and screaming “NO MAS” at the devastating onslaught of the legendary Colt Brennan. Hell, one of ’em was waving his hands in surrender so desperately, Colt felt bad for the guy and actually threw him the ball.

by CJHutch on Aug 24, 2009 5:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't see him miss any open receivers.

I saw to receivers drop his pass. The only questionable throw was deep to Moss.

by SSBlitz on Aug 25, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

two*

by SSBlitz on Aug 25, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd

Great article.

by SSBlitz on Aug 21, 2009 10:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I like the criticisms

but DYAR and DYOA are far too complicated and take too much conjecture to really take them into consideration IMHO.

by snowburnt on Aug 21, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I like

the article. Especially the statement that Portis was not put to the fire for his 2nd half struggles. I’ve been saying this myself. But what’s interesting is that while Portis can lay some of the blame on the O-line, Campbell can lay it on the O-line AND Moss.

Bottom line, JC needs his team’s support to prove the doubters wrong.

by CJHutch on Aug 22, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

great article

puts things into perspective - i think any successful team starts with the O-line! they are the unsung heroes. a team can’t run if the O-line can’t block and a team can’t pass if the O-line can’t protect!

That said, I think the success this year depends on how the O-line performs — not JC, CP, SM, CC, or any other player.

Go Skins!!!!!

by RedskinFan4Life on Aug 29, 2009 12:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs