Most newspaper columnists would call Rich Campbell an NFL draft bust. The problem for Campbell that he is a newspaper columnist.
You might wonder how a man goes from the No. 6 overall pick in the 1981 draft to writing columns and editorials. It’s simple, really. First you spend four years on the bench, then you join the ministry, and then you move on to journalism.
And somewhere in there, you figure out who you are.
A quarterback’s job is to throw passes and win games. A columnist’s job is to sift through the facts and reach a fair and reasonable point of view.