Hue Jackson on Raiders' Bruce Campbell "There's something great there"
by Rich Langford on Aug 19, 2011 7:01 AM PDT
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PrintWhen it comes to the Raiders, I can be easily swayed. Just three days ago, had you asked me about Bruce Campbell's NFL future and I would have said that he was likely not going to be in the NFL long. Now, I'm thinking he may earn a starting spot soon.
After spending his rookie season on the bench or inactive and then showing up for camp with an injury, that Bruce Campbell was an afterthought. Then Bruce Campell took to the practice field. There were reports that he looked solid, and specifically that he more than held his own on Lamarr Houston in pass rush situations.
And with that one little report my interest piqued. I fully expect to hear he looked rusty and lost. The fact that he stepped right in and was able to handle NFL players was speaks volumes. Still, it was just one day of practice. I tried to temper my expectations.
Fast forward to Thursday's practice and we have Hue Jackson un-tempering my expectations. Action Jackson:
"Obviously, year two into the process of Bruce Campbell, there’s something great there. What he needs to do is go play now. He’s practiced, he’s getting healthier, he feels good about where he is now. He just needs to go in a game and perform and that’s what we’re looking for."
For Hue's part, he did offer up the tempering caveat of "What he needs to do now is go play," but just the fact that Campbell is in a position where he is ready to go play, and not learn the NFL on the practice field, has me expecting much bigger things from Campbell.
I'm not going to go as far as I say I expect him to start Week One, but I do feel comfortable in saying I expect him to be an NFL starter. Jump over for a Sports Science look at his freakish athleticism.....
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As is the case with most things preseason...
I am cautiously optimistic.
Glowing reviews from training camp don’t necessarily mean anything (if they did, DHB would have earned a starting spot instead of being given one), but I do like that he seems to be stepping up. If he is able to play to some appreciable level of his physical ability, it will bode well for the OL, and team as a whole.
As is also the case with pretty much everything in life, however, time will tell…
Failure builds character; success reveals it
With Heyer nicked and Satele suiting up but still on the mend, we'll see BC tomorrow and that is something to look forward to
SF’s strength is in it’s defensive front 7, so if BC gets reps in the 1st Quarter the level of competition will be high … but not higher than Bruce gets in practices against our own DL.
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"I made a trade for Seymour. ..I thought it was a great trade. Still do. [Al Davis 1/2011]
"I love to win, even against my daughters, I want to win" Hue "Action" Jackson 8/19/11
Btw, who else is hearing music when navigating to posts?
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"I made a trade for Seymour. ..I thought it was a great trade. Still do. [Al Davis 1/2011]
"I love to win, even against my daughters, I want to win" Hue "Action" Jackson 8/19/11
you're hearing things...
Voices or only jingles?
by raiders4liffe on Aug 19, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Usually just explosions, but today there's music too
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"I made a trade for Seymour. ..I thought it was a great trade. Still do. [Al Davis 1/2011]
"I love to win, even against my daughters, I want to win" Hue "Action" Jackson 8/19/11
by Sons-of-Blanda on Aug 19, 2011 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm starting to hear and feel this!
The Autumn wind is a pirate Blustering in from sea With a rollicking song he sweeps along Swaggering boisterously. His face is weatherbeaten He wears a hooded sash With a silver hat about his head And a bristling black mustache He growls as he storms the country A villain big and bold And the trees all shake and quiver and quake As he robs them of their gold. The Autumn wind is a Raider Pillaging just for fun He’ll knock you ‘round and upside down And laugh when he’s conquered and won.
I need to memorize that. I could see us standing by our skull & bones standard at a tailgate with hand over heart reciting it
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"I made a trade for Seymour. ..I thought it was a great trade. Still do. [Al Davis 1/2011]
"I love to win, even against my daughters, I want to win" Hue "Action" Jackson 8/19/11
by Sons-of-Blanda on Aug 19, 2011 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Holding Those "Scarlet Drippings On A Stick"!!!
by PantyRaider on Aug 19, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions
yes, those three ghastly heads on stakes in a triangle with our standard in the middle near the keg
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"I made a trade for Seymour. ..I thought it was a great trade. Still do. [Al Davis 1/2011]
"I love to win, even against my daughters, I want to win" Hue "Action" Jackson 8/19/11
by Sons-of-Blanda on Aug 19, 2011 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
freakin awesome!
"We want to win. The Raider fans deserve it. The Raider players deserve it, even my organization deserves it. You have to win and you have to win with a vision for the Super Bowl. That's our passion here."--Al Davis
"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."--Vince Lombardi
by Marcus Allen Krause on Aug 19, 2011 9:33 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
The Bruce Campbell situation is great news, for sure
Let’s hope it was only Cable holding him back, and nothing else. Just finished a live skype interview with the Pulse network featuring silver and black pride. They had some great stuff to say about our site, which is flat out impressive, because it’s an east coast based web show. He’ll provide me with the link, and we’ll post the video asap. Said they plan to have us on again.
I was surprised when I first read the email contacting us regarding doing the spot. We truly are the best out there when it comes to the Raiders, and I’d like to thank you all for the opportunity to be a part of it, to grow as football fans and in football knowledge, and for being some great friends.
"tough times call for perseverance and a tough mind. I have been told that I can't play football before. We all know what happened with that. #neverquit"--Mark Herzlich
""The massive Raider Nation is beyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and wackos ever assembled."--Hunter S. Thompson
Great stuff...can't wait to check it out
You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown who makes people happy, but inside he's real sad. Also, he has severe diarrhea.
by Buster Bluth on Aug 19, 2011 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Campbell
Got to watch him play for the better part of two seasons at MD. He has all of the athletic ability in the world but definitely struggled with his footwork at times. I think last year was good for his adjustment to the NFL. Lets see how he progresses in game situations.
Exactly. What these people don't understand is that him not playing much last year was probably the best thing for him.
Experience is the best teacher, but football is 90% mental, and you can have all the physical ability in the world but if you don’t understand what’s going on and your part in it, you’ll get destroyed. I think redshirting last year help get him up to speed, and now he can combine that with his amazing physical attributes to the benefit of our team.
"Lil' Dam, I make psychic bitches Get Low"
by Raider Zealot on Aug 19, 2011 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
He Played "ST"s Only...Was Not Even Taking 1st Team Snaps In Practice On The "OL"...
So I’m really not sure how this was of much benefit to his learning the system…My understand is he was just used on the scout team…
he was still in the meetings and the classrooms and in direct contact with coaches and he owned his own playbook
"We want to win. The Raider fans deserve it. The Raider players deserve it, even my organization deserves it. You have to win and you have to win with a vision for the Super Bowl. That's our passion here."--Al Davis
"Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is."--Vince Lombardi
by Marcus Allen Krause on Aug 19, 2011 9:35 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah you can tell in the video his footwork needs some work. His first pull step needs to be flatter down the line. He makes great contact and thrust his hips through well. If he can sink that big ass down a little bit more then explode…… damn that would be violent.
For the passing drill, he rocks back a little before contact, this is a big no-no. The first man off the ball usually wins the battle, any motion that isn’t forward will slow you down. If he does it before snap a good DL will key it in and use it to jump the count. He also does not take a power step, which kind of boggles my mind, he’s still able to hoist that bag up.
TL;DR: Soup has been using his size and strength to get through college ball. If he can be taught proper technique he WILL be a monster.
Campbell needs to attack like a DT. That goes for all our OL; explode on the line and fire into them. This isn't zone blocking anymore
S-O-B: ITS HOW I ROLL, DEAL WITH IT.
"I made a trade for Seymour. ..I thought it was a great trade. Still do. [Al Davis 1/2011]
"I love to win, even against my daughters, I want to win" Hue "Action" Jackson 8/19/11
by Sons-of-Blanda on Aug 19, 2011 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
If hes as strong as that video
I almost feel sorry for a safety or an LB trying to fight him off on a pull but not really I wanna see Bruce lay them out
I'm happy for Bruce Campbell to get an opportunity to show what he's made of!
Mr. Davis was not thrilled about him being benched no way, no how. Mr. Davis > tom “sausage neck” cable.
BC has been an enigma, as we have all wondered what the hell was going on with him. Now he is healthy and will get a chance to make his mark. I have wanted to see what this kid could do. If he makes us better great if no so be it. Whatever that mark is at least he will determine his fate not some petulant coach.
This is Hue’s team now that’s a great thing from where we have been!
Bruce seems to have all the physical tools to be a solid NFL player
Watching him stop that 300lb swinging bag after seeing it knock the “average size” guy 10ft backwards was impressive. We need all the able bodies we can get for our new style of “Trench Warfare”. Anyone who is a true NFL follower knows that games are won or lost on the line of scrimmage and our O-line needs to emmulate the bully attitude already established on the D side. Cant wait to see this guy play and hopefully his “redshirt year” makes him hungry and eager to show what he can do.
by PDXRaiderSince'76 on Aug 19, 2011 10:36 AM PDT reply actions
It made no sense to not give him any game time at all last season
it’s great to hear that he is been impressive in the limited time in camp.
"Anytime you have an organization and an owner that wants to win as badly as Al Davis wants to win, and will spend the money to win, I don’t think you have as many barriers as you think. Those are easy. The ones that would be tough is where you didn’t have any good players and you had an owner or an organization that didn’t want to spend any money to get good players." - John Madden, 2008
"We’re going to be a tough, rugged football team that walks with a swagger and plays the way the Raiders used to play." Hue Jackson
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He was never activate any of the 17 weeks if I recall even after The Underacheiver went down.
He could have played in a blowout if he was it just Petty Tom trying to validate his guy Veldher over BC do show Mr. Davis he knew something too. Poor guy didn’t deserve to be in the middle of a pissing contest!
I think he was active for a couple of games but never saw the field, just totally dumb.
Cable was a fucktard
"Anytime you have an organization and an owner that wants to win as badly as Al Davis wants to win, and will spend the money to win, I don’t think you have as many barriers as you think. Those are easy. The ones that would be tough is where you didn’t have any good players and you had an owner or an organization that didn’t want to spend any money to get good players." - John Madden, 2008
"We’re going to be a tough, rugged football team that walks with a swagger and plays the way the Raiders used to play." Hue Jackson
RAW IS PUNK! WWE ZACKDOWN!!!
From what little I have seen of him, I have always been a BC believer
It’s called faith even if it is in an unproven sense. He just seems like such a beast that defenses are not going to be able to stop him. He has so much athleticism that if he has the right coaching, he might become one of the most productive linemen that we can have for years. I hope my intuition on him is accurate, and I’m really high over the prospect of finally watching him put it to Frisco! Guess we have been kept in the dark so long about him that I am almost euphoric in anticipation of what will happen once the curtain is lifted!
super excited to watch Bruce, and he must be seething to get at some niners
The stopping of that heavy bag in the vid impresses me more than his “pamplona bull” force.
I think Suh had Campbell by about 800 or 900 lbs or force, too, but it’s still impressive. I hope he brings the nasty.
"tough times call for perseverance and a tough mind. I have been told that I can't play football before. We all know what happened with that. #neverquit"--Mark Herzlich
""The massive Raider Nation is beyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and wackos ever assembled."--Hunter S. Thompson
I was wondering about that
without giving numbers for comparison it is hard to tell how impressive it is. That is close enough to Suh that I’m impressed.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.
by Rich Langford on Aug 19, 2011 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I love those sports science segments
Another favorite was Bas Rutten’s crushing a spleen in a simulated body with his patented kidney punch. They put a real animal spleen inside the ballistics gel and ribcaged body simulation.
"tough times call for perseverance and a tough mind. I have been told that I can't play football before. We all know what happened with that. #neverquit"--Mark Herzlich
""The massive Raider Nation is beyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and wackos ever assembled."--Hunter S. Thompson
damn that was crazy i found it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiieP7Xarkk
"Anytime you have an organization and an owner that wants to win as badly as Al Davis wants to win, and will spend the money to win, I don’t think you have as many barriers as you think. Those are easy. The ones that would be tough is where you didn’t have any good players and you had an owner or an organization that didn’t want to spend any money to get good players." - John Madden, 2008
"We’re going to be a tough, rugged football team that walks with a swagger and plays the way the Raiders used to play." Hue Jackson
RAW IS PUNK! WWE ZACKDOWN!!!
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