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JAMARCIN’ ME LAZY: RAIDERS QB DISCUSSES BENCHING

By
theOCD
Published: 11 December 2009 10:17 AM ESTPosted in: NFL

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JaMarcus Russell is a rich man. He’s also a man that’s as proud as he is lazy. So you can understand how he was devastated when he learned he was no longer starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders. After he was benched, he had been avoiding the media… until now.

Russell spoke to Tim Kawakami (you can follow him on twitter) of the San Jose Mercury News. In the interview, he admits that he was embarrassed to lose his job to Bruce Gradkowski. He says that losing the job has been a learning experience and is kind of like redshirting in college. Except he’s collecting a fat paycheck for it in the pros. Somewhere in the middle, J-Marc drops the tidbit that he has no intention of restructuring his monster contract either. He also reveals that he’s not sure if his benching is permanent saying:

Uh, I’m not sure. If that’s the road they want to take, then, hey, we have to go out and fight our butts off to be that guy.

Russell also seems to indicate he thinks the receivers have been responsible for his prolonged stay on the bench. At no point does the former LSU QB admit the Bruce Gradkowski is doing well. Instead, he chooses to focus on everybody else:

Now it’s just all around. Guys are just making plays around him.

In the Dallas game after you go out and win in Cincinnati there weren’t plays really made the whole game, you know what I mean.

Going into Pittsburgh, guys were making plays for him. That’s what a quarterback needs, his surrounding players. That’s what was going on.

Clearly, JaMarcus Russell isn’t mature enough to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. The guy can’t even process the fact that he’ll be an afterthought soon. Though J-Marc disagrees with that assessment. Here’s what JaMarcus thinks people will see when he regains his starting gig:

A totally different JaMarcus. People going to have their opinion, and I really don’t pay too much attention to that. I worry about JaMarcus and JaMarcus only.

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NUTS & BOLTS: CABLE IS FREE

By
John
Published: 23 October 2009 12:26 PM EDTPosted in: Nuts & Bolts

I'll admit, I was looking for a picture of Cable. But how could I pass this up?

I'll admit, I was looking for a picture of Cable. But how could I pass this up?

Raiders coach Tom Cable will not face charges for spat with assistant, sentenced to continue coaching for Al Davis. (FanHouse)

SI’s Cheerleader of the Week, Nichole Howarth of VaTech. Best Physical Feature: Eyes. Yeah, me too. (SI)

Deadspin vs. ESPN has drawn a fuzzy line in the sand among both bloggers and journalists. (Fang’s Bites)

Divorce Dodger Style. Frank McCourt fires wife as CEO. Storm’s a-brewin’ . (Baseball Musings)

I’m sure if we asked Joe Namath about the UFL and its attendance, he would use the word “strug-a-ling”. (FanHouse)

Armen Keteyian is skeptical about the details in the death of Steve McNair. (SportsRadioInterviews)

U.S. soccer star Oguchi Onyewu will need six months to recover from knee surgery; World Cup in doubt. (NY Daily News)

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JAMARCUS RUSSELL ERA BEGINS IN OAKLAND

By
theOCD
Published: 24 August 2009 12:34 AM EDTPosted in: NFL

The JaMarcus Russell Era officially began as soon as Tom Cable named Russell his starter for the September 14th Monday night season opener. Jeff Garcia had a calf injury that kept him from competing for the job. Cable gave JaMarcus an amazingly half-assed endorsement stating:

“I’ve said that it’s his job and we’ll see how it goes,” Cable said. “Unfortunately, Jeff hasn’t had much work. We’ve been fortunate in that JaMarcus has improved. It would have been nice to have someone really pushing him. Maybe we could get him to improve a little bit more.”

It’s hard to say there’s a lot of confidence in that declaration. With number one receiver Chaz Schilens on the shelf, the Raiders probably won’t have much of an aerial game to begin with. It could be another bad year in Oakland if JaMarcus Russell doesn’t step up in a hurry.

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RAIDERS HEAD COACH SUCKER PUNCHED ASSISTANT

By
theOCD
Published: 17 August 2009 8:00 PM EDTPosted in: NFL

The Raiders opened training camp with non-contact drills only and many people called them soft. The team began full-contact drills on August 3rd, but Tom Cable got into the action a two days later. According to FanHouse, the Raiders head coach allegedly sucker punched defensive assistant Randy Hanson. FanHouse also reports that “Hanson never saw it coming” and that one source indicated Hanson may have a broken jaw. Maybe Hanson reminded him that he coached the Raiders — I’m sure that would piss off a lot of people. Too bad facepunches won’t make JaMarcus Russell less fat or give DHB the ability to catch balls.

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Via FanHouse:

The always volatile Oakland Raiders are now fighting amongst themselves — in the coaching ranks, no less.

According to a report Monday on the Web site National Football Post, Raiders defensive assistant Randy Hanson was punched in the jaw by another member of the team’s coaching staff during an Aug. 5 altercation at Oakland’s training camp headquarters at the Napa Valley Marriott.

Multiple NFL and Raiders sources have confirmed the victim of the alleged assault was Hanson, a third-year assistant who is in his first season with the team under the title “assistant coach-defense.” Two NFL sources have told FanHouse the attacker was Raiders’ first-year head coach Tom Cable, and “that Hanson never saw it coming.”

Neither Hanson nor the coach who threw the punch were identified in a Napa, Calif., police report taken Aug. 6 at Queen of the Valley Hospital. But one well-placed NFL source told FanHouse of the attacker: “It’s a well-known coach. Very well-known.”

Pressed to confirm the identity of the attacker, the source said, “It was Cable who hit him.”

According to Napa Police Lt. Brian McGovern, police followed procedure in responding to the downtown Napa hospital when Hanson arrived to receive treatment for what was described as an injured jaw.

X-rays were taken. The results are not known, although one NFL source told FanHouse Hanson sustained a fractured jaw as a result of the punch.

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