2010 NFL Draft Day 3 Trade: Jason Campbell is an Oakland Raider
Posted by Greg Brosh on Apr 24, 2010 in Fantasy Football
It shouldn’t come as any surprise that the Washington Redskins were looking to dish Jason Campbell after their trade to acquire star quarterback Donovan McNabb. Also, given their rumored interest in Ben Roethlisberger, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the Raiders were looking to upgrade over the bust-and-a-half JaMarcus Russell.
According to an AP source, the trade has been completed, but it is not yet
Campbell has shown progression in each of his past three seasons with the mediocre Washington Redskins
known what Oakland, who has already traded away Kirk Morrison, has given up for the former Washington Redskin.
UPDATE: According to ESPN.com’s Bill Williamson, it’s a 2012 fourth round pick.
Campbell, 28, has been the starting quarterback for the Redskins for three seasons now, until the team just recently acquired former Philadelphia star Donovan McNabb.
In 2009 Campbell had his best season yet, compiling a 64.5 Completion %, 3,618 yards, 20 Touchdowns, 15 Interceptions, and an average of 226 passing yards per game; all career highs. Behind a mediocre offensive line, Campbell was also sacked 43 times.
Flipped to Oakland in one of many trades swung on the third day of this NFL Draft, Campbell will presumably become Oakland’s starter, with Bruce Gradkowski injured and JaMarcus Russell being a terribly ineffective player in his short time with Oakland.
Campbell will have more weapons than he had at his disposal in Washington, including Tight End Zach Miller and a speedy group of Wide Receivers such as Louis Murphy, Johnnie Lee Higgins, and Darrius Heyward-Bey. However, even with new and athletic offensive tackles Bruce Campbell and Jared Veldheer, Campbell will probably still take a pounding in 2010 behind an offensive line every bit as weak as Washington’s.
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Jason Campbell is a good QB, with all those high draft picks.
Campbell is really underrated..I think he’s gonna mesh well with the guys they have out in Oakland and help them be surprisingly competitive next season.
Campbell’s deep ball is horrible.. Oakland’s WR’s were drafted to be deep ball monsters.. not a good mix
Good point, but I still think they’ll be surprisingly good as an offense.
OAK did well … trading for Jason Campbell is a good move … OAK can’t depend on JaMarcus Russell (what a waste high draft pick, I guess Al.Davis should have listned to Lane Kiffin). OAK will not win many games because the offense line needs improvemnet.
Campbell will certainly take a beating, but I think he has more to work with on offense in Washington, and he took a beating there too and still managed to do alright.
I think Oakland can pull off a 7 win season, which is really huge progress for a team that’s been terrible for quite some time now. However, like you point out they’ll need to improve their draft strategy and not waste picks on guys like Russell and find a way to make that OLine better without a first rounder next year.
Yeah…Draft day is finally here! I am very excited tonight