Jason Campbell is in

I think it is safe to say that, on a huge national stage, Campbell didn't do anything to win over starting job considerations for anybody next year.

He looked like a typical backup QB--poor vision & inaccurate--a guy that can protect a lead and manage a game but not much else.

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Originally Posted by GermansbombedPH

He is one of the better backups in this league. He won't lose us games. No #2 QB will win games for his team. That's not the way this business works. I'd prefer Orton over him, but Campbell is fine playing 1 or 2 games.

Hanie would have lost us the game for sure. With Campbell, we had at least a chance. Too bad Davis can't catch a fucking ball in the middle of the field wide open and with both hands on the ball

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I disagree I think Campbell and his check downs very much cost us the game. He was passing up open guy down field for guys covered at the LoS, or just past it. It was laughable how he played that game; minus the one pass down field, but he never went back to it.

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Originally Posted by Riczaj01

I disagree I think Campbell and his check downs very much cost us the game. He was passing up open guy down field for guys covered at the LoS, or just past it. It was laughable how he played that game; minus the one pass down field, but he never went back to it.

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I completely agree. I've never seen anything like that from a supposed veteran QB

Matt Ryan is nothing different. Guy never throws the ball down the field. He always goes for those check downs. He's just way better than Campbell.

Campbells numbers were as good as Schaubs minus the TD Pass. He is a backup for gods sake. He will never do what a starter does. Next game will be different when he knows that he will play from beginning. Until then, he gets the benefit of the doubt. Until then, we all saw that it was a 1 TD game and we stayed in it until the last drive

i don't think the gap between cutler and campbell is as wide as people think...i think if tice changes the gameplan away from this absurd passing offense he's trying to run(shotgun on 3rd and 1? really?) the bears could actually be a better team...

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Originally Posted by MPBears68

Yep, that was so obvious that even the announcers commented on it. It's one thing to check down out of necessity, but its another to do it because you're not seeing/looking downfield. There were open chances and they were missed. Especially late in the game, JC needed to be chucking it deep to Marshall (maybe get a great catch or a PI call) because it was clear we weren't going to sustain a long drive 5 yards at a time.

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I have a feeling that had Cutler remained in the game and healthy, we would have won. He has better instincts than Campbell, and he wouldn't have been afraid to throw it down field, even though Marshall, Forte, and that idiot Davis were not catching anything that were remotely within catching distance.

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Originally Posted by Dagan81

I have a feeling that had Cutler remained in the game and healthy, we would have won. He has better instincts than Campbell, and he wouldn't have been afraid to throw it down field, even though Marshall, Forte, and that idiot Davis were not catching anything that were remotely within catching distance.

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I agree, Dags, even with all the mistakes we had in the first half. That LoS/PF/concussion play was a killer on so many levels. One thing I know for damn sure--Cutler would have been chucking it deep to Bennett and esp BMarsh hell or high water on those last 2 possessions to try and win/tie the game rather than just avoiding the pick by dumping it off for 2 yards with the clock ticking down and nothing else on O working.

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Originally Posted by GermansbombedPH

Matt Ryan is nothing different. Guy never throws the ball down the field. He always goes for those check downs. He's just way better than Campbell.

Campbells numbers were as good as Schaubs minus the TD Pass. He is a backup for gods sake. He will never do what a starter does. Next game will be different when he knows that he will play from beginning. Until then, he gets the benefit of the doubt. Until then, we all saw that it was a 1 TD game and we stayed in it until the last drive

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That might have been Matt Ryan last year, but not this one. They have a new OC, and he's given Matt the go ahead to launch the ball down field and he is.

We didn't bring Campbell in here and pay him like we did b/c he was a backup for gods sake. He was brought in here specifically to NOT lose games like Haine did. He was brought in b/c if Cutler went down they wanted someone that could and would win a game. All offseason it was talked about how Campbell could have went somewhere and competed for a starting spot, now he's just a backup?

He is one of the best backups in the NFL and like Orton, would only be a placeholder for a rookie to come.

Hanie and McCown lost us games. Campbell is here to not lose us games and keep us in the game. Marshall and Forte are the guys that have to win the game for us when Cutler is out - not the #2 QB.


Not sure how many Falcons Games you've seen, but in the 4 I saw this year he did what he always has done. Go for 5-12 yard passes and hope that White or Jones have YAC. Every ball he throws deep is 5-8 yards too long because he's not trying enough and doesn't want INT in his stats.

German, he's not in there to "not lose games", he's not paid that way. If McCown lost games for us, why did we resign him?

Well thes ones I've seen he's been throwing down field to Jones/White; it's not all game, every game, but no qb just airs out bombs, the vast majority are 5-15 yard passes hoping for YAC, problems in years past is he only would try and air it out 1 or 2 time's a game, he's now doing it 5-6 times. Which is all they really need for that O; it forces teams to be honest.