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An entirely different Washington Redskins team showed up tonight. I don't know who those guys were last week, who couldn't find their ass with both hands back there in Bawlmer. This was a team with an offensive line that had it together and a defensive line that was manhandling people and chasing people down. But the big story and all the highlight clips are going to be about Chase Daniel.

And after tonight's performance by Chase Daniel (6 for 8, 2 TDs, 134.4 QB rating), if Jason Campbell (1 for 7 (WTF??) 10 yards, 39.6 QB rating) doesn't step it up in the next game, dare I say we are going to have a quarterback controversy?

Why are we still talking about who's going to be the No. 3 quarterback? Who gives a shit who is the third-stringer? The Redskins need an actual big-time starting quarterback. We do not have the luxury of an "insurance policy" experienced QB standing on the sidelines, holding the clipboard, ready to go in and keep things steady. That's not us. Teams that have a brand name like Brees or Peyton or Brady have that luxury. They need a quality backup who is a quality backup. Jason Campbell is just not good enough for us to be worried about who is going to be his caddie.

We need to be worried about having a QB who can step up and kick some ass and do it now.

And as far as I am concerned, that man is Chase Daniel.

I'm looking to the future. Jason Campbell, good though he might be, is not going to suddenly turn into the Next Great Redskins All-Star QB. It's just not going to happen. He has room to improve, and that's it. He could be an entirely serviceable NFL quality quarterback. But that's the ceiling. Todd Collins is fortunate to still be getting paid to play football. Colt Brennan has the tools but like a lot of young QBs he's now two seasons away from competing regularly. All he gets are a few preseason series with the down-the-line backups and camp fodder. And then there's Chase Daniel, who looked like a leader. Chase Daniel, who looked like a guy making smart decisions, moving around in the pocket, finding open guys and moving the ball.

To me, if I'm the coach, unless Campbell steps it up in the last couple of exhibition games and gives me something to get excited about, I roll the dice and give the ball to Chase Daniel. If Campbell gives us more of the same, keeping him as the starting QB to me seems like saying, "Let's just stick with the status quo and maybe we can go 8-8."