Dusty Bake Activate
Fukk your corny debates
Because unfortunately I’m a Raiders fan and watched him sail the ball 5 yards over an open receiver’s head on an 8 yard out route too many times.
How bad was Jamarcus Russell actually?
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Because unfortunately I’m a Raiders fan and watched him sail the ball 5 yards over an open receiver’s head on an 8 yard out route too many times.
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watch the first video posted in the OP all the way through. They said they had to have McDonald’s for him to come to meetings smh
as a Raiders fan, I can't really say how great of a talent Jamarcus was or wasn't though, but you best believe that his arm had me excited.
I was riding with him the whole first year he sat out for most of, I was saying pay that man, but dude definitely is a cautionary tale. I'm not even putting it all on him, he was a young rich guy who clearly let his food/substance/personal demons get the best of him, but he wouldn't be the first Raider player of the last 20 years to show up and not give a fukk lol.
I'm not sure bad is the right word, I would go more with disappointing because quite frankly i'm not sure we know what he'd have been with his head on straight. so saying he was "bad" speaks to his talent to me and I feel like we never even really got to judge that one way or another properly.
I was riding with him the whole first year he sat out for most of, I was saying pay that man, but dude definitely is a cautionary tale. I'm not even putting it all on him, he was a young rich guy who clearly let his food/substance/personal demons get the best of him, but he wouldn't be the first Raider player of the last 20 years to show up and not give a fukk lol.
I'm not sure bad is the right word, I would go more with disappointing because quite frankly i'm not sure we know what he'd have been with his head on straight. so saying he was "bad" speaks to his talent to me and I feel like we never even really got to judge that one way or another properly.
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
Dude was the literal embodiment of " I'm getting paid tho"
DropTopDoc
Smokin my Opps like Patrick Mahomes pops
Nah not really, because it was a lot of black qbs who never panned out from akil to andre, so you can’t blame them
Hoodoo Child
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I heard they gave him a blank tape to review. He came back and told them he watched it all
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supertrekker
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I heard they gave him a blank tape to review. He came back and told them he watched it all
I'm sure the Raiders playbook was no different.
Russell had all the same red flags his entire college career. That bowl game against ND & Quinn made everyone put on the blinders for whatever reason.
weight issues, commitment issues, gets down on himself during games when things get tough, no consistency. It really isn't fair when people compare any prospect to Jamarcus, he and Oakland getting together were a particular case of the worst possible marriage. A QB who didn't care about football going to a team who was in the middle of a decade long dumpster fire.
weight issues, commitment issues, gets down on himself during games when things get tough, no consistency. It really isn't fair when people compare any prospect to Jamarcus, he and Oakland getting together were a particular case of the worst possible marriage. A QB who didn't care about football going to a team who was in the middle of a decade long dumpster fire.
6:10. So he tested positive for codeine before the draft and the Raiders hired a PI who followed him to the casino almost every night and Al Davis STILL drafted him #1 and gave him the biggest rookie contract ever?
On God, this was the draft pick that broke me. I haven’t given a fukk ever since.
AP would’ve changed the culture of the team. CJ would’ve been the most prolific talent in franchise history. But no, draft jawalrus instead......
