Ridiculous argument. For the past several years the dude played the Nose, RE, LE, most often in a 3 man defensive alignment with total crap at the LB position. This means more than just a double team, it means the O-line shifts left or right, depending on where he's at, creating leverage, and it also means the blocking back in the backfield, rather than picking up a LB (because ours suck) can pick him up quite easily, even if they just chip while moving out into the flats. Campbell is easy to defend, because he was our best player in the front 7 of our defensive backfield and he's been our best defensive player for years within that front 7. There's no lineman or linebacker that comes close to his talent on this team. You pair him with scrubs and he's going to struggle, because all offenses have to do is take him away, and the rest of them suck. He did better with Dock, but even Dock was declining in ability. He's never had anyone good behind him other than DWash and Dansby, and nobody on the line as good as Dockett. Last year he had none of that. People say oh, he should overcome that. Even John Randle played in a 4-3, there were other dudes taking up lanes and eating up blocks for him to penetrate. In a 3-4 that never happens. A 3-4 is predicated on LB's being awesome, and ours suck. So I think it's disingenuous to blame Campbell. Campbell is awesome for what he does, for what he's told to do. He'd be a monster in a 4-3, but in our system with below average linebackers he's only okay.
