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Calais Campbell on Barkley

BestFeature : 9/11/2018 10:44 pm
This is from one of the articles Defenderdawg posted. I was blown away by this quote:

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"Obviously, you see it on tape," Campbell said. "But we didn't get to watch a lot of tape on him. It's his college tape. Coming into the NFL against a team like ours, and making some of the plays he made, that kid's going to be special.

"I traded jerseys with him after the game because I was like; 'Okay, if he can stay healthy, he might one day be a Hall of Famer. So now, I'll get his jersey when he's young."


Not every day you hear an opposing player say a player playing his first game against his team might be a HOFer. I don't know enough about Campbell maybe he always makes these proclamations but on the surface, this is pretty impressive.
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On another note  
TommyWiseau : 9/11/2018 10:47 pm : link
Never seen a man as large as Campbell move so well. Guy is a monster
Really nice comments...  
sb from NYT Forum : 9/11/2018 10:56 pm : link
...and pretty dead on. I can't recall a 230 lb. back move like Barkley did, making guys miss and accelerating. Maybe Bo Jackson?

Once he gets a better feel for the speed of the NFL game watch out.
I havent heard the stadium rock like that  
Bchurch : 9/11/2018 11:39 pm : link
In a loooong time. Its going to be fun watching him play..
Surprised Barkley gave away his jersey from his NFL debut.  
bceagle05 : 9/11/2018 11:52 pm : link
If he lives up to the hype, Campbell just scored a valuable piece of memorabilia. Savvy veteran.
RE: Surprised Barkley gave away his jersey from his NFL debut.  
rasbutant : 9/12/2018 12:02 am : link
In comment 14072125 bceagle05 said:
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If he lives up to the hype, Campbell just scored a valuable piece of memorabilia. Savvy veteran.


I was thinking the same thing.
Yeah, that jersey  
fivehead : 9/12/2018 5:10 am : link
might keep him out of the poor house.
Campbell's comments were highlighted  
Diver_Down : 9/12/2018 5:47 am : link
in another thread on Barkely's facemask, but they deserve their own thread. Calais is the Mayor of Sacksonville and is likely a HoF'er himself. The man continues to wreck games year in and year out. He is a beast.
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If I recall correctly...  
ZoneXDOA : 9/12/2018 10:28 am : link
Richard Sherman said the same about Odell after trading signed jerseys with him.
Barry Church  
RinR : 9/12/2018 10:33 am : link
also said this after the game:

"“That guy is a lot faster than I thought he was,” Jaguars safety Barry Church said."
RE: RE: Surprised Barkley gave away his jersey from his NFL debut.  
NYG007 : 9/12/2018 11:05 am : link
In comment 14072128 rasbutant said:
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In comment 14072125 bceagle05 said:


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If he lives up to the hype, Campbell just scored a valuable piece of memorabilia. Savvy veteran.



I was thinking the same thing.


Unless he changed jerseys at halftime
Barkley  
BillyM : 9/12/2018 11:08 am : link
Can you imagine what this kid will do if we actually blocked effectively and gave him real running lanes. If he gets to the second level, he's gone.
Impressive  
You'reMyBoyBlue!! : 9/12/2018 12:47 pm : link
Coming from such a well regarded speed rusher like Campbell
Maybe Barkley  
pjcas18 : 9/12/2018 12:49 pm : link
can just pass off some other jerseys as game worn.
I'm sure dastardly Eli is scheming  
Coach Red Beaulieu : 9/12/2018 12:58 pm : link
Up a way to defraud senior citizens of their life savings with fake Barkley jerseys.

As for Agent Barkley, it really jumps out at you the way Barkley supernaturally jukes and cuts in the Madden behind the back camera angles. That's what Jax players experience first hand.
And yet they scored 15 points  
Vanzetti : 9/12/2018 2:31 pm : link
with all those weapons
RE: And yet they scored 15 points  
BestFeature : 9/12/2018 2:37 pm : link
In comment 14072832 Vanzetti said:
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with all those weapons


Why can't you just stick to the topic instead of going off topic with negativity?
I'll say this...  
bw in dc : 9/12/2018 2:37 pm : link
Barkley would have had another 30+ yards on that plays were he nearly got beheaded on the face mask. I'm pretty sure off that spin move he had the angle and a lot of green to his right...

So this sort of rebuffs the 68 yards run was an outlier.

Again, really good debut.
RE: I'll say this...  
BestFeature : 9/12/2018 2:39 pm : link
In comment 14072838 bw in dc said:
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Barkley would have had another 30+ yards on that plays were he nearly got beheaded on the face mask. I'm pretty sure off that spin move he had the angle and a lot of green to his right...

So this sort of rebuffs the 68 yards run was an outlier.

Again, really good debut.


I haven't seen a team be this good at mitigating big plays by taking penalties. I'm sure they're coached into this, happened at least 3 times. It's smart although frustrating as hell and kind of dirty.
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arcarsenal : 9/12/2018 2:42 pm : link
He's really good. He's not just a hype guy. This dude is going to make big plays like we saw Sunday most weeks. It'll only be a matter of time before he breaks loose and does something like that in a lot of games.

We've been sorely missing a player like this in the backfield. It has been over 10 years since Barber was here and he was the last RB on this team that was even remotely comparable.
RE: RE: I'll say this...  
bw in dc : 9/12/2018 2:51 pm : link
In comment 14072840 BestFeature said:
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I haven't seen a team be this good at mitigating big plays by taking penalties. I'm sure they're coached into this, happened at least 3 times. It's smart although frustrating as hell and kind of dirty.


Very good point. Like an NBA team - well, when they really played basketball in the NBA - not allowing layups and making you get your point from the free throw line...
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BestFeature : 9/12/2018 2:54 pm : link
In comment 14072842 arcarsenal said:
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He's really good. He's not just a hype guy. This dude is going to make big plays like we saw Sunday most weeks. It'll only be a matter of time before he breaks loose and does something like that in a lot of games.

We've been sorely missing a player like this in the backfield. It has been over 10 years since Barber was here and he was the last RB on this team that was even remotely comparable.


Some people on another board said that he didn't follow blockers and hesitated too much and that's why he didn't get the yards. I thought it was because he had no room. What did you think?
I think that's wrong  
family progtitioner : 9/12/2018 3:02 pm : link
I think his blockers got blown up quickly
For the most part  
Andrew in Austin : 9/12/2018 3:06 pm : link
it looked like SB created on his own where he could. Even his large run he was breaking tackles. There was another one where he put some DL on the ground who met him practically unblocked.

If we can sort out some measure of blocking, it is going to be fun watching him play.
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arcarsenal : 9/12/2018 3:07 pm : link
In comment 14072857 BestFeature said:
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In comment 14072842 arcarsenal said:


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He's really good. He's not just a hype guy. This dude is going to make big plays like we saw Sunday most weeks. It'll only be a matter of time before he breaks loose and does something like that in a lot of games.

We've been sorely missing a player like this in the backfield. It has been over 10 years since Barber was here and he was the last RB on this team that was even remotely comparable.



Some people on another board said that he didn't follow blockers and hesitated too much and that's why he didn't get the yards. I thought it was because he had no room. What did you think?


Several carries he really had no shot - they were blown up right after he had the ball in his hands.

He doesn't have the same patience/vision that Lev Bell has quite yet, but I thought most of his carries that got stopped short were poor blocking more than him not following the blocks or him hesitating.

Barkley will have tons of "off script" runs just because of the skillset he has. There will be times where he bounces out of his running lane to find room outside or even reverses field altogether.

I thought it was a promising debut, though. The offense just feels so much different when there's actually a guy in the backfield for defense to legitimately worry about.

When was the last time we had anything close to this?
Regarding the above  
Andrew in Austin : 9/12/2018 3:10 pm : link
See at 1:05 at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lz1a_uubVU
In the clip that Andrew posted,  
Diver_Down : 9/12/2018 3:24 pm : link
it shows a couple of angles of Barkley's TD run. Jack meets Barkley in the hole is is knocked down. He then get up and pursues Barkley. Now, Jack is one of the most athletic LBs in the league. In his pursuit, you can see Jack's head pinned back as he is trying to catch SB. 10 yards out from the endzone, Jack just gives up as he realizes there is no catching him. All the while, SB doesn't even look like he is at top speed.
Anybody else notice that the 2 on the back of his helmet was partially  
Britt in VA : 9/12/2018 3:31 pm : link
chipped off? Reminded me of Bradshaw.
RE: Anybody else notice that the 2 on the back of his helmet was partially  
Diver_Down : 9/12/2018 3:36 pm : link
In comment 14072915 Britt in VA said:
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chipped off? Reminded me of Bradshaw.


It likely happened on his hurdle play. As he was going to the ground the defender hits the back of Barkley's helmet with their helmet (not sure how that isn't a candidate for the new helmet rule).
RE: RE: Anybody else notice that the 2 on the back of his helmet was partially  
Britt in VA : 9/12/2018 3:47 pm : link
In comment 14072926 Diver_Down said:
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In comment 14072915 Britt in VA said:


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chipped off? Reminded me of Bradshaw.



It likely happened on his hurdle play. As he was going to the ground the defender hits the back of Barkley's helmet with their helmet (not sure how that isn't a candidate for the new helmet rule).


I thought so too, but rewound the clip further and saw that it happened somewhere before that.
Ik the exchanging of jerseys is normal  
kelsto811 : 9/12/2018 5:09 pm : link
But is it normal to give away your first ever gameday jersey? Would think thats something pretty personal
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