Thoughts on the Hall of Fame Game

From Colin Cowherd's show yesterday, TV ratings for sporting events on Sunday:

• X Games (ABC): 1.2
• Sunday Night Baseball (ESPN): 1.9
  
• Hall of Fame game (NBC): 5.4

Looks like I'm not the only one ready for some football.

You can't take much from preseason games, especially ones this early, as far as team performance, but you can look at individual performances.

• Jason Campbell looked sharp. Jim Zorn is going to be missed by the Seahawks, but not nearly as much as he's going to be appreciated this first year by the Redskins offense. Zorn is apparently the Redskins head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach. Sounds like a lot, but the NBC commentators noted that Zorn is leaving the run game to the offensive line coach. I assume Zorn will be doing the play calling, which means he still has plenty of responsibilities on his plate, but allowing him to focus on quarterback development and the passing game will be huge for the Redskins.
• Speaking of developing Redskins quarterbacks, Colt Brennan looked great. Keep him as the second or third quarter back for five years and Zorn can probably develop him into a nice starter.
• Mike Hart looked great, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he contributes to the Colts this year. Sure, he was playing against the third team defense, but he still ran great. I just looked up his player page - I didn't realize he was so small - 5'9", 195. That's just barely bigger than Justin Forsett.
• Quinn Gray looked awful. So did Jared Lorenzen. The Colts have kept only two quarterbacks in recent seasons, but are thinking of keeping a third as Manning is having knee problems. What's the point of keeping a third if it's going to be one of those two? Lorenzen is just a circus act, and the Colts should know how bad Gray can be, given how he single-handedly gave the Colts a win while playing for the Jags, what with his zero touchdown, two interception, 11.1 QB rating performance on Monday night.

Upcoming preseason games:
Thursday, 8/7 - Saints at Cardinals, 5:00 pm Pacific, ESPN
Friday, 8/8 - 49ers at Raiders, 7:00 pm Pacific, KTLA (somehow the Raiders games get broadcast here in LA)
Monday, 8/11 - Bengals at Packers, 5:00 pm Pacific, ESPN