The column focussed on Jason Campell, and for good reason - Mark Brunell appeared to hold back Washington's offense last year, and Cambell is their only hope for tapping into the talent at the skill positions on offense.
I love their receivers - Moss, Randle El, and Brandon Lloyd, in that order. Moss is a definite #1 receiver, and Lloyd and Randle El can both be #2s (even if the are a bit overpaid). I got to watch Lloyd with the 49ers a bit - he always seemed talented to me. Maybe he had some attitude problems.
The running backs are equally stacked, with Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts. (Side note - can you believe Portis is only 25 years old? I thought he was nearly 30. Seems like he's been around forever. He's a September birthday who played as a true freshman at Miami at 18 years old, and left after his junior season. Wow, that's impressive).
The Redskins' left tackle, Chris Samuels, has suffered a knee injury in camp - not a major one, but bad enough for it to be cause for concern. If he can recover in time for the beginning of the regular season, the Redskins are set up to have a nice offense... if Cambell can come through.
The defense is another story. Chadiha makes it sound like they have two great young safeties, and not much else. It doesn't help that the Redskins have let their draft strategy slip in favor of (expensive) free agents, a number of whom haven't lived up to expectations, including some outright busts (Adam Archuleta). But, if the defense can find some way to slow down opposing offenses, the Redskins could win some high-scoring games.
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