Oakland Raiders: Jason Campbell May Need Something to Reach for

It takes different strokes for different folks. Jason Campbell may be the type of player who needs something to reach for.

Campbell seems to be trying harder, and playing better as the second QB, rather than being officially designated as the starter.

When he was the starter at the beginning of the season, there were a few problems that were evident. Now that he is in the second position, he seems to be trying harder to keep up to par.

It would take an expert on human behavior to really know what's going on. Anyway, the team is getting the best performance out of a player who wants his job back.

Granted, that's a good thing to try hard to get your job back, but if a player had put his whole heart into the game when he had the job initially—there would not be this drama of who is the starting quarterback.

I like it the way it is. Destiny determined the rank and the opportunity to stand one man up, and to put one man down, for a little while.

Something is boosting the outcome in the past few weeks. Who gets the credit? Well, let's examine a few things.

One BR writer, an outstanding one at that, said the following:

"Michael Bush had a big gain on a play that could have been the craziest play of the year. On a 3rd-and-9, Jason Campbell looked to hit Darrius Heyward-Bey, but the ball deflected off his hands into the hands of Jacoby Ford...Ford was unable to hold on to it but managed to drop it into the hands of Bush who rumbled for 55 yards before losing his shoe."

That great quote was written by Elias Trejo.

It shows you something about "luck" if you believe in it.

It reminded me of another remarkable play where luck or something intervened back in 1970. In the game played on Dec. 6, 1970, a man made a 33-yard catch after the ball was tipped, and the opponents said, "It just didn't make sense."

The article which documents this miracle was published in the New York Times, in 1970.

It happened and the Oakland Raiders won by one point 14-13, because George Blanda's kick broke the tie of 13-13.

No one usually likes the No. 13, but thanks to Blanda and his accuracy the score was bounced up to 14 points for the Raiders.

A remarkable final score was 33-3. This score happened a few days ago.  Did you know that 333 has a meaning assigned to it according to some historians and others.

Several meanings are attached to 333.

Here is a partial list:

Observations

1. If you draw a line through the middle of 333, and then reflect the 333 with respect to the horizontal line, then you still get 333.

2. Jim Otto's name has that same quality. That's a wonderful connection because Otto was a great Oakland Raider.

3. 333 is said, by some, to be the number of Jesus Christ. 

4. Also, 33 was the age of Jesus Christ at the time of his crucifixion.

5. Others have written that 333 is a number marking a good trend or new beginning.

I don't know what you say. All I know is that many of us are enjoying repeating that No. 33, noting that the Oakland Raiders, broke a malicious pattern, and are on their way to new accomplishments.

It looks like the Oakland Raiders have experienced a type of "resurrection."

Now, don't you dare frown at these observations. After all, each of us sees the world through different lens. Some of those lens are "rose-colored" and those who view the world through those lens see the bright side.

So, Jason Campbell must take things in stride. If the job is destined to be his, just don't worry, he will earn it and he will get the job, again!

One thing the media and the Raider Nation can not take from Campbell is that he was the quarterback for the entire game which ended with a score 33-3.

Go Raiders, go!