Time for Jason Campbell to step up

November, 16, 2012
11/16/12
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Jason Campbell is not a bitter guy. He says it wouldn’t do any good anyway. But there was an unmistakable edge in his voice last August in Bourbonnais when the Chicago Bears quarterback was talking about the broken collarbone that ended his season last year and, as it turned out, his career with the Oakland Raiders.

“It was a bone, not anything affecting my throwing motion,” Campbell explained.

He had led the Raiders to a 4-2 start, but in a panic move after the injury, the Raiders traded a first-round pick (in 2012) and second-round pick (in ’13) to the Cincinnati Bengals for quarterback Carson Palmer. Oakland ended up finishing the season 8-8 and out of the playoffs.

“It’s crazy sometimes that this is your eighth year and you still feel like you have to prove yourself,” Campbell said this summer.

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Melissa Isaacson

Columnist, ESPNChicago.com
Melissa Isaacson is a sportswriter and author who has covered Chicago sports for the last 22 years of her 29-year career, most recently as an award-winning columnist and feature writer for the Chicago Tribune.

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