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Just ran across a USA Today article about the Dolphins. I'm glad that Trent likes his new gig in Miami. He sounds pretty upbeat about things to me.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/dolphins/2007-08-01-trent-green_N.htm
"Man," he says with a broad smile that show off his pearly white teeth, "this situation, everything about it, is just fantastic."
I was also wondering how camp was going for the Redskins since we play them in our season opener on the road at Washington. All I can say is ... I really, really hope we can get our Oline up to high levels in time. I hope they're gelled and confident and ready to kick some azz. We better. It's looking like we're going to need plenty of offense to beat the Redskins. I wouldn't underestimate Jason Campbell and their offense. They have two good running backs with Portis and Betts. We cannot rely on our defense to bail us out in our early games. We have got to score some damn points ... right out of the starting gate.
On another note ... if John Beck works as hard as I hear Jason Campbell has over the past couple of years, I bet he'll turn out pretty damn good. Those Redskins coaches are saying good things about him. He has a heck of a good work ethic. Gotta have it. Gotta systematically work on every aspect of your game and master that playbook ... and I hear the Saunders offensive system is plenty complicated. It's the size of a phone book I hear.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/08/01/redskins.postcard/?bcnn=yes
"I'll have more to say about this next week, but the Redskins, to a man, feel like they're in a pretty low-risk situation with Campbell as their starting quarterback. In talking to Gibbs, Saunders, Moss, Brunell and offensive tackle Jon Jansen, I heard every one of them say that Campbell has done everything in his power to give himself the best possible shot at success as a No. 1. He's dedicated, intelligent, shuns the off-field distractions that can trip up a young player, and his progress in terms of his grasp of the playbook and his mechanics are described as dramatic compared to last year at this time.
But with a young quarterback's development, nothing can substitute for experience, and Campbell only has seven starts under his belt (he was 2-5 to end last season, but with 10 touchdown passes, six picks, and a 76.5 QB rating). So we don't know everything we will know in time. But nobody in Washington believes Campbell can fail on the level of a Heath Shuler, or even prove as average as a Patrick Ramsey. Saunders told me the kid has way too much going for him from both a character and a talent standpoint for a flameout to occur.
"He won't fail, because of the type of young man he is, and the way he works and approaches the game,'' Saunders said. "Great quarterbacks have three things: Great composure. Great courage. And great temperament. He has all those intangibles. He just needs to develop his physical technique and his understanding of the offense, and how that part of the game works. But that will come with experience. I actually feel great to be working in the NFL with a kid like this. They're rare.''
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/dolphins/2007-08-01-trent-green_N.htm
"Man," he says with a broad smile that show off his pearly white teeth, "this situation, everything about it, is just fantastic."
I was also wondering how camp was going for the Redskins since we play them in our season opener on the road at Washington. All I can say is ... I really, really hope we can get our Oline up to high levels in time. I hope they're gelled and confident and ready to kick some azz. We better. It's looking like we're going to need plenty of offense to beat the Redskins. I wouldn't underestimate Jason Campbell and their offense. They have two good running backs with Portis and Betts. We cannot rely on our defense to bail us out in our early games. We have got to score some damn points ... right out of the starting gate.
On another note ... if John Beck works as hard as I hear Jason Campbell has over the past couple of years, I bet he'll turn out pretty damn good. Those Redskins coaches are saying good things about him. He has a heck of a good work ethic. Gotta have it. Gotta systematically work on every aspect of your game and master that playbook ... and I hear the Saunders offensive system is plenty complicated. It's the size of a phone book I hear.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/08/01/redskins.postcard/?bcnn=yes
"I'll have more to say about this next week, but the Redskins, to a man, feel like they're in a pretty low-risk situation with Campbell as their starting quarterback. In talking to Gibbs, Saunders, Moss, Brunell and offensive tackle Jon Jansen, I heard every one of them say that Campbell has done everything in his power to give himself the best possible shot at success as a No. 1. He's dedicated, intelligent, shuns the off-field distractions that can trip up a young player, and his progress in terms of his grasp of the playbook and his mechanics are described as dramatic compared to last year at this time.
But with a young quarterback's development, nothing can substitute for experience, and Campbell only has seven starts under his belt (he was 2-5 to end last season, but with 10 touchdown passes, six picks, and a 76.5 QB rating). So we don't know everything we will know in time. But nobody in Washington believes Campbell can fail on the level of a Heath Shuler, or even prove as average as a Patrick Ramsey. Saunders told me the kid has way too much going for him from both a character and a talent standpoint for a flameout to occur.
"He won't fail, because of the type of young man he is, and the way he works and approaches the game,'' Saunders said. "Great quarterbacks have three things: Great composure. Great courage. And great temperament. He has all those intangibles. He just needs to develop his physical technique and his understanding of the offense, and how that part of the game works. But that will come with experience. I actually feel great to be working in the NFL with a kid like this. They're rare.''
