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Redskins Run the Options
Santana Moss and Antwaan Randle El share the joy with Redskins fans after Moss's 67-yard touchdown against New Orleans.
(By Preston Keres -- The Washington Post)
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The possession, which running back Clinton Portis capped with the second of his two second-half touchdown runs, also included Campbell's short pass to Davis -- the first catch of Davis's career. On the drive, Campbell also completed passes to Moss and Randle El. He was perfect in five attempts for 82 yards.
Quickly moving through his progressions enabled Campbell to get into a good rhythm offensively, which was possible because the offensive line gave him the time to look "back side when your front two progressions are not there," Campbell said. "You have to go to your third or fourth. In order to do that, you got to have protection."
The Saints sacked Campbell twice and the Giants had one sack. Considering the offensive line's problems in pass protection late in the preseason, only three sacks in two games are fine with Campbell.
"The guys really got mad about what happened [in the preseason] and they've been great," he said. "It all starts up front, so they deserve a lot of the credit for whatever we do as an offense."
Said Pro Bowl left tackle Chris Samuels: "We take a lot of pride in giving Jason the time he needs back there and doing the job in the running game. If he has time to find people, well, that's what you want."
Campbell recently acknowledged he prefers to operate in the shotgun formation on some plays, and Zorn has permitted him to do that, but "we're not going to make him a gun quarterback," Zorn said. "There were a couple of plays where we wanted to be in the gun, and then there were several plays where, based on the situation, I didn't want him to be in the shotgun because we had some other things working there.
"It's not a security blanket [for Campbell]. There's some comfort at times on certain routes to be in the gun and there are definite advantages to being under center. I think the mix is how we're going to continue to work that."
Staff writer Barry Svrluga contributed to this report.
