Jason Campbell is a good quarterback.
The problem is that there are a lot of great quarterbacks around. There is a good case to be made that we are currently enjoying the Golden Age of the Quarterback in the NFL:
Peyton Manning
Drew Brees
Brett Favre
Tom Brady
Jay Cutler
Ben Roethlisberger
Eli Manning
Aaron Rodgers
Philip Rivers
Donovan McNabb
Joe Flacco
Matt Ryan
Carson Palmer
Kurt Warner
plus up and comers like Mark Sanchez.
Campbell is a fairly good quarterback, but a lot of teams now are benefitting from having an excellent quarterback.
Snyder would have been better served by spending his money on Jay Cutler rather than Albert Haynesworth.
As a Lions fan, I am also encouraged from what I’ve seen from Stafford. He is making typical rookie mistakes, but he looks like he’s not overwhelmed (I certainly don’t see that ‘deer in the headlights’ look from him), and as long as that is the case, I know the other things are fixable, and he should be a pretty good QB in this league.
I think the problem with Campbell is you have guys like Flaco and Ryan stepping right in and performing and Campbell is still struggling.
You can add Chad Henne to that list.