NFL Week 2: Monday Night Game Wrapup

Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles


Jason Campbell - 16/29, 209 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 6/39. I really like Campbell as an NFL QB. He shows excellent poise in the pocket, especially last night against a sometimes frantic Eagles blitz. He still has to learn how to control his throws as he missed a wide open Santana Moss on a 60+ yard TD pass by overthrowing him by about 5 yards. He's a solid QB2, but be wary of his matchup on your starter's bye week.

Donovan McNabb - 28/46, 240 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT, 2/15. He still doesn't look right. His WRs weren't getting open for him last night, but when they did, he often airmailed the throw over their head. He had an easy TD to Kevin Curtis last night in the 4th quarter, but he threw wide right of his target. Hopefully you picked a backup QB earlier than usual given the concerns about his health, and depending on who it is, I'd think about starting him instead until McNabb shows improvement. An Eagles fan I know stated that McNabb is playing through a lot of pain because he's afraid Kolb will steal his job, and that makes sense given what we've seen from McNabb so far. A slow start should have been expected given the injury he suffered last year, and the slow start Palmer got off to last year, by comparison.

Clinton Portis - 17/69, 1/7, 1 TD. He's still not posting great yardage, but the overhaul the Eagles performed on their LB corp in the offseason seems to have improved their porous run defense. He averaged 4.1 YPC, and took 17/23 carries given to the RBs in this one. He's definitely back as the clearcut starter for the Redskins.

Brian Westbrook - 17/96, 8/66. Westbrook continues to rack up the yardage, but the struggling McNabb is holding him back from reaching the endzone. Expect improved TD production once McNabb gets himself back together. Westbrook remains a solid RB1.

Santana Moss - 6/89. Campbell did a better job hitting him on intermediate routes, and Moss caught a 48 yard bomb before stumbling after the catch, possibly preventing him from scoring. As I mentioned above, he also broke open for what would have been an easy 64 yard TD, but Campbell overthrew him. It was a much better showing from Moss who should prove to be a WR2 this year as Campbell improves.

Antwaan Randle-El - 4/44. Back to earth for Randle El. He's not a bad WR5, but he's nothing more.

Chris Cooley - 2/25, 1 TD. Campbell hit him for a TD at the end of the 2nd quarter on a beautiful pass towards the corner of the endzone. He was catching more balls last year, so expect continued improvement.

Reggie Brown - 2/27. He should have had a TD, but as was the theme last night, McNabb overthrew him. He's been a bust so far as a WR2, but that's more McNabb's fault than his own. I'd downgrade him to a WR3, or possibly to your bench depending on your options for now. Detroit is up next week, so giving him another shot is a smart move.

Kevin Curtis - 4/28. See above, but he was drafted more as a WR3/4 type.

L.J. Smith - 2/12. He's not 100% healthy, and he's in the same boat as Brown and Curtis. He's nothing more than a decent TE2 right now.