Redskins In Trouble

If Jason Campbell is your starting quarterback, I'm really, really sorry. If the last two preseason games hadn't already crystallized exactly what was wrong with the Redskins, it was pretty clear tonight: The man under center doesn't belong there. Campbell demonstrated remarkably poor judgment, tossing unnecessary long bombs that no one was going to catch, and throwing short slants on 3rd and long. Maybe head coach Jim Zorn and offensive coordinator Sherman Smith are partly to blame. But when it comes time to throw the ball and make the play, the buck stops with Campbell. The really bad news is that Campbell's inability to get his act together compromises the value of promising starters like Chris Cooley and Santana Moss. Luckily, out of five different leagues, the only Redskin I own is kicker Shaun Suisham (and only in one league). I thought that the Redskins might have trouble converting in the red zone. Turns out they aren't really capable of reaching the red zone. And maybe that's unfair, since the Redskins were able to put together one scoring drive that almost looked good.

And that brings me to the Giants. If you're holding Eli, Brandon Jacobs or Plax, life is pretty good right now. But I want to see the the Giants take on some of their tougher brethren in the NFC (Dallas and Philadelphia) before I drink the Kool-Aid and suggest that they could be a playoff contender. Incidentally, I'm going on the record and calling their Super Bowl win a fluke. And anyone who thinks they're going to repeat without Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora is drinking something stronger than Kool-Aid.