Washington will host the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday and the Redskins are eager to see what Campbell does next.

"I've seen Jason from the moment he came here, and you can see that change in him," left tackle Chris Samuels said. "Whenever you get experience under your belt, you get more comfortable in a leadership role. Jason is being more vocal in practice, giving words of encouragement to the team, and then you see what he did in the last game.

"The way he stepped up, I was just so proud of him."

Against the Saints, Campbell completed 24 of 36 passes for 321 yards with a clutch touchdown toss to Santana Moss. He had the third-highest passer rating (104.1) of his career.

Campbell was more efficient at locating his second and third receivers than in the 16-7 loss to the Giants, head coach Jim Zorn said, contributing to Washington's diversity in the passing game as nine players had receptions.

In the 2007 season, the Redskins did not have a game in which at least nine players caught passes with Campbell as the starter.

Better still, Campbell threw a great deep ball to Moss for the touchdown, despite being off balance. "He threw that ball 61 yards in the air," Zorn said. "There aren't a lot of quarterbacks who can do that."

In two games, Campbell has completed 61.9 percent of his passes for 454 yards. He has two touchdown passes, no interceptions and a 94.3 passer rating -- 13th in the league.

One clutch performance, however, may not silence critics, and the Redskins probably still have rough moments ahead. But Campbell has a handle on things.

"We can make this work," Campbell said. "I'm definitely confident about that."