Raiders' head coach committed to Jason Campbell

The quarterback position in Oakland took on a musical chairs format in 2010. Jason Campbell started the first two games before he was benched for Bruce Gradkowski @bgradkowski5. He re-gained the reins in week six after a Gradkowski injury, only to land back on the sidelines in week 12. But new Raiders head coach Hue Jackson wants to make one thing clear: Campbell is his starting quarterback for next season. "There's no question he is," Jackson said of Campbell on Monday. "The guy won some very important games. The guy played hurt. The guy got to know his teammates, rallied his team, and finished very strong. He helped us win, obviously, every game in our division, there's no question he is definitely the unquestioned starter on this football team at this point. But I think he knows without any shadow of a doubt, there's work to do, and we have to do a great job of surrounding him, putting better players around him so he can go out and be the quarterback that we all know he can be."

Fantasy Analysis:

Gradkowski is scheduled to become a free agent this summer, so Campebll's competition for the starting job appears to be very thin, no matter Jackson's proclamation. It's clear that he's a Campbell guy whereas former head coach Tom Cable was a Gradkowski backer. Oakland has a nice group of wide receivers with potential such as Jacoby Ford, Louis Murphy and Chaz Schilens -- I'm forever on that bandwagon -- but Campbell isn't a volume passer and the Raiders will still deploy a run-based offense under Jackson. Campbell is a mid-range QB2 in fantasy.

Source:
Oakland Tribune