Will the Oakland Raiders Vertical Attack Work With Jason Campbell?

it doesn’t give the receivers enough time to get open and it doesn’t give Campbell enough time to find them and get a good pass off.

I picked Campbell, but I think it’s pretty much a tie with him, blocking and the wrs. I went with Campbell, because he can and has thrown nice deep passes, but he is too inconsistent with his accuracy, and until that improves the other two aren’t going to matter much.

Campbell doesn’t like to throw the deep ball for a good reason, he never has been able to throw the deep ball; he knows it and trembles.

The straight 7 step drop-backs, the lack of play action, lack of investment (on the whole, not so much lately) in offensive line depth, depending on inexperienced or inconsistant recievers, and a lot of turnover in the coaching staffs. It adds up, and the deep throw requires all of those areas to work well together to make it work.

But I have to blame the receivers more than anything as u remember many more times where nobody was open downfield more than I remember wide open receivers streaking down the sideline and JC missing them.

I can only remember a few deep balls being caught by Ford in one game and those passes were terrible but great catches by Ford. They should have been picked off.

Campbell is not making the reads and releasing the ball quickly enough, when you compare his numbers to Grads especially on the deep ball it’s clear. If Grad can throw it deep with success and Campbell can’t how can the be the receivers, the system or the line. Now I will say that our O-line could use an upgrade in pass protection they allowed both Campbell and Grad to get hurt, but in an Apples to Apples comparison Jason Campbell is not the QB that Grad is and that is the issue. We need a QB that can deliver the ball quickly and not get flustered when first two options are not there…..just me two cents …..GO RAIDERS

but I voted for the O-line because it needs the most help, and until it’s shored up we won’t know for sure if Campbell is trembling about being crushed or about his deep ball accuracy. The receivers where open deep more times than not and I saw many balls under and over thrown more than I saw blatant drops by the wide outs. Most of the WR drops were inside 20 yards.

But I consider the protection equal parts line, WR, and JC, because if the wideouts were even a semblance of a corps, working together with each other, the line, and their qb, to keep their qb upright and making plays. This concerted effort has been completely missing from our deep ball and vertical game because we never fielded a corps that actually got it.

This year should be different: the young kids are getting some time together under their belt, a second year with JC and Hue, and a couple of interesting offensive guys to help us just where we need it. We will see what JC is capable of this year. There will be little to blame it on come this time next year outside of JC, and barring a complete flop and somehow a decline in play by the new O line.

I think for the most part JC barely had enough time for a receiver to run a complete route before JC was on the turf grabbing grass from his helmet…..and when he had the opportunity…the timing seemed to be off (even Jacoby’s crazy catches were him making some unreal plays)…but our wideouts need to step up- especially any wideouts that rhyme with Maywood-Jay. The O-line hopefully will be improved but it will take lots of time with the youth infusion. Hopefully, we keep the run first, run second, then short screens out of the backfield and use Zach Miller and Reese to soften the defense. No more just chuck and pray…..If we do chuck and pray I hope it is intercepted at the 4 yard line…so our defense can hold them. All about field position.

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Need an all of the above option, but I voted for Jason. At the end of the day, he’s being paid for completing passes, deep and short. Gotta get more consistent with the deep ball though, those stats are alarming.

Several good arguments raised regarding the “OL” and they failed to get the job done too but I can excuse some of that sense we were in flux between the “ZBS” and the PBS" which should be over this season with the release of Tommy Boy Cable and his undermining our “O”…Which I speculate was happening…

Regarding the "WR"s we fielded rookies and 2nd yr players who have not yet developed…Only one was a high rd pick and that pick was questionable to say the least but I still maintain hope in him to develop…I can excuse this group to a point because they don’t throw the ball to themselves…How can they be expected to make plays when the ball isn’t close…Little Jacoby Ford is the exception but few "WR"s have that playmaker ability…

“JC” was the seasoned vet who was a 1st rd pick and tooted as the next Jim Plunkett…What a freakin disappointment that was…He’s the one with the $$$ that was suppose to lead these young players to “V”….Well he failed and was the reason we lost a few…“SF”/Tenn/Pitts….He disappeared for entire halves and some entire games not completing a pass worth speaking about…

“SF’ 69yds passing…
Tenn 150yds passing
Pitts 121yds passing
“SD” 117yds passing
“KC” 135yds passing

And we won 2 of those games NOT on the strength of his arm…

because we had such long drop backs that the line couldnt pick up, threw it to inexperienced wideouts, and forced plays that the team wasnt ready for. But i wouldnt pick that as something that shouldnt have been done last year. We are force feeding a deep threat to our team so they can start to synchronize and flow. @waiting for the raiders to have the biggest attacking pass offence on the world + play action

Campbell is very accurate, has never had an issues with his Accuracy.. Needs consistency around him to be consistent the same as any other QB.. In his 1st season Campbell has been awesome… Exactly what Oakland needed… I’ve stop listening to what so many have to say for the simple fact, Capt. Checkdown has been learning a new offense every season AT THE NFL LEVEL… Forget about college but this guy has had to improvise his whole career.. In the NFL that’s going to end up being LOTS OF CHECKDOWNS which is what you are supposed to do.. His level sky rocketed the end of the Season as continuity was established, as Receivers began to step up and make the hard catches that all Great Receivers do. QB’s toss is up when they know receivers go up for it. That takes trust, and trust is earned. I’m through cause no stat should be reflective of a particular individual.. Football is a team sport, everyone must take accountability…