The Redskin Report

Sunday’s game has been called Santana Moss’ worst game ever.. He had a drop that led to a Green Bay interception and his fumble was returned for the Packers game winning score. Most media reports have covered this as a one-time fluke but a closer look reveals that Moss’ troubles on Sunday are more of a trend than an outlier. The bottom line is Santana Moss has struggled ever since Jason Campbell became the Washington Redskins quarterback.

As you can see Moss’ catch percentage has fallen off the chart ever since Campbell began to play mid-way through the 2006 season. Campbell is the first ‘big-armed’ QB Moss has played with in his career. The majority of his time with the Jets he was catching balls from limp-wristed Chad Pennington and after moving to Washington prior to the 2005 season, his quarterback was the gimpy Mark Brunell.

There are obvious timing difference in catching passes from soft-tossers to a guy with a rocket arm. But Campbell has now started 12 straight games for the Redskins, you’d expect Moss to be adapting by now. Instead we are seeing the same drops week after week. Part of the problem can be attributed to practice time Moss has missed due to injuries these past two years but Campbell went out of his way this past off-season to schedule some throwing sessions with Moss only to be rebuffed.

If Moss’ struggles continue for the rest of this year, he better be the one begging Campbell to come to Florida and throw him some balls or his days being referred to as an elite NFL receiver may already be behind him.