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Geezus, every time a black quarterback struggles or plain out sucks, it’s always because of his race. Jason Campbell stares down his recievers, can’t audible worth crap and doesn’t check down his recievers. There are many white quarterbacks that also do the same thing. Was upstate NY critical of J.P. Losman because he’s Hispanic or because the guy also stared down his recievers?

But IMHO, this may be a pattern with a lot of young black quarterbacks. Since Randall Cunningham, a lot of black quarterbacks in the junior ranks emulated him. There’s been 2 generations of black quarterbacks that depended on being their feet when the protection broke down instead of checking down to their halfbacks, tight ends and fullbacks. Maybe poor Jason Campbell thought he could scramble his way out of trouble instead of checking down.

McNabb learned the hard way how to check down and stare away from his intended reciever. Hopefully, on his new team, Jason Campbell will do the same, leading them to a Grey Cup victory.

First of all, let me make this one thing clear. I am not making an issue of Campbell's race. We all fail or succeed on our own merits. I merely suggested that he was spared criticism because of PC media. There was plenty of criticism of Gus Ferrotte and Patrick Ramsey when they palyed. But here in DC, there has been very little criitcism of Jason.

There seems to be 3 types of QB’s in the NFL now:
1. the pocket QB who has a just enough mobility, quick release or brute strength (pick 2) to make it work;
2. the highly mobile QB who will take off & run if his 1st or 2nd receiving option is covered; and
3. the Wildcat QB who is there to run first, pass 2nd.

Everybody wants a Cat #1 QB, but there are so darned few of them that make it. Cat #2 QB’s can bring instant credibility to an offense, but often have trouble developing into a well-rounded QB.

I think that the future is with the Wildcat QB. Guys like Tim Tebow are going to have an immediate impact in the NFL because the spread/wildcat formation seems to open up the running game. NFL defenses haven’t really caught up with it yet.