The Redskins have given 27-year old Jason Campbell five years to prove himself and he seems to be the same QB he was when he first started.  He has started all six games for the Redskins this season and he has completed 107 of 163 passes (65.6%) for 1,197 yards with 6 TD passes and 6 INTs (84.3 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 20 times for 95 yards (4.8 ypc) this year.  But Campbell was benched last Sunday against the Chiefs and he will likely be on a very short leash going forward.  37-year old Todd Collins replaced Campbell last week and he didn’t look too good completing 6 of 14 passes (42.9%) for 75 yards with 0 TDs and 0 INTs (60.1 QB Rating).  Collins would just be a stopgap if he were inserted in the starting lineup for the Redskins who will likely be looking for a new QB next season.  Collins has played in 45 games in his NFL career and he has completed 375 of 665 passes (56.4%) for 4,410 yards with 22 TD passes and 19 INTs (75.6 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 83 times for 152 yards (1.8 ypc) in his career. 

The Washington Redskins (2-4) looked awful on Sunday, losing to a win-less Kansas City Chiefs (1-5) squad.  The Redskins failed to score a touchdown and only got two field goals from Shaun Suisham in the third quarter.  Jason Campbell looked bad again and after only getting 89 yards on 9/16 and an interception in the first half, he was benched in the second half.  Todd Collins came in and wasn’t much better.  Collins went 6/14 for 75 yards and failed to reach the end-zone.  Head coach Jim Zorn has to take a lot of the blame and it looks like he is probably on his way out as it was announced today that Zorn has lost his play-calling authority.  Sherman Lewis is taking over the play-calling duties and is apparently a west-coast offensive guru.

The Redskins defense did a pretty solid job in this game, keeping the Chiefs out of the end-zone and limiting them to four field goals.  They got nothing out of their offense though, so there was not much they could do other than try and force some turnovers, which they failed to do.  They held Matt Cassel to 186 passing yards on 17/32 attempts.  They also limited running back Larry Johnson to only 83 yards on 23 carries.  Chiefs’ receiver Dwayne Bowe did too much damage though, going for 109 yards on only six catches (18.2 avg).  Clinton Portis was the only bright spot for the Redskins offense, rushing for 109 yards on 15 carries (7.2 avg) including a 78 yard run.  The Redskins look like they get worse week by week, and hopefully Sherman Lewis can revamp their offense.  Zorn still gets to decide who his starting quarterback will be though, and will decide sometime this week.  They will look to turn things around against the Philadelphia Eagles next week.

Jason Campbell looks like two different quarterbacks at times this year, and the Redskins need their quarterback to play more consistent.  Campbell was horrible in the first half against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week but ended up leading them to victory in the second half.  So far this season the Redskins are 2-2 and have not been playing great football.  Campbell has five touchdowns and five interceptions and has thrown for 963 yards on 81/124 attempts (65%).  Campbell has a pretty easy opponent in the win-less Carolina Panthers this week, but a solid game from Campbell against the win-less Detroit Lions in week three didn’t prevent the Redskins from losing.  Still, Campbell needs to step up if the Redskins want to be successful this season.

In April of 2008 the Redskins selected WRs Devin Thomas, Malcolm Kelly and TE Fred Davis in the second round of the NFL Draft.  It’s too early yet to call them busts but none of them have played well in the NFL yet.  Malcolm Kelly earned a starting job opposite of Santana Moss this season but he quickly gave it back to Antwaan Randle El after dropping quite a few easy passes.  He has caught 6 passes for 65 yards (10.8 avg) this year.  Those are great stats compared to the numbers Devin Thomas is putting up.  He has caught only 1 pass for 7 whole yards this season.  He might have to go to another team to jumpstart his NFL career.  TE Fred Davis is backing up Chris Cooley so he doesn’t get to play too much.  Still, he has only caught 2 passes for 11 yards this season.  The Redskins need to start drafting better because none of these three guys look like NFL players.