Sep

Campbell In Comparison After The Giants Loss

Matt Trollinger Category

Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Jason Campbell, Jay Cutler, Jim Zorn, Kyle Orton, Washington Redskins

When the Skins lost to the Giants Sunday, there wasn’t much love for Jason Campbell or Jim Zorn. Mark is about to post another podcast with our thoughts from the game very soon. I also thought it would be interesting to look at how Campbell did in comparison to Kyle Orton and Jay Cutler. The Broncos wanted Orton over Campbell, Skins wanted Cutler over Campbell and the Bears are stuck with Cutler.

Campbell had a rough day against the Giants. He threw an interception and lost a fumble that resulted in a touchdown (The Redskins ended up losing by 6 points). However, he compared favorably well against the other two quarterbacks.

Campbell

19 for 26 211 yards 1 TD 1 INT 73.1 Comp. % 93.6 QB Rating

Orton

17 for 28 243 yards 1 TD 0 INT 60.7 Comp. % 100.7 QB Rating

Cutler

17 for 36 277 yards 1 TD 4 INT 47.2 Comp. % 47.2 QB Rating

Cutler’s regular season debut really couldn’t have gone worse. With the game on the line, he threw his fourth interception and ensured a win for the Green Bay Packers. Orton only narrowly escaped an opening day loss as well. The lone touchdown he had was an 87 yard tipped pass to Brandon Stokely to beat the Cincinatti Bengals in the closing seconds of the game.

We’ll take a look at these quarterback stats in another few weeks to get a little perspective on the matter. Obviously we can’t fully know “what could’ve been”, if Campbell was a Bronco or Cutler was a Redskin. But when fans decide to pour all blame upon Campbell for an offense that struggles against a dominant defense and wistfully reminisce about the time we almost had Cutler, it’s not entirely accurate. I may be proved wrong, but as far as this year is concerned, Campbell is the best man for the starting quarterback job in Washington.

My prediction is that Campbell will be heads and shoulders above most of the NFL quarterbacks by midseason (with help from a somewhat soft next few games, a better running effort from Portis, and hopefully better playcalling from Zorn).