Russell says he cares
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 12:31 pm in Oakland Raiders.
JaMarcus Russell is a bottom feeder among NFL starting quarterbacks in the following statitical categories _ completion percentage (41.3 percent), yards (378), touchdown passes (1), average gain per pass (5.04) and passer rating (39.8).
While there’s no statistical measurement for it, fans at the stadium, as well as on call-in radio and blogs like this would would add he’s also dead last in emotion and body language.
Russell said Thursday to assume he doesn’t care because of the way he looks would be a mistake.
“If you look at it all the time, even though we score a touchdown or two, I clap, go give the guys praise, but you never see me (getting too excited),” Russell said. “My coach in high school always told me to stay on an even keel, that way, nobody will ever read you, they will never know what you’re thinking about, how high you are, how low you are. I think that’s their opinion about how things go on but they really don’t know what’s going on in my mind.”
Russell insists he hasn’t lost confidence.
“Not at all. When things don’t go the way you want them to go, you dig down and go to the fundamentals,” Russell said. “From that (point), you pick yourself up because that’s mostly all it is when things happen like that, you kind of get out of whack and forget your fundamentals.”
Russell said playing fundamental football will bring the offense back on track and eliminate the “pressing” that coach Tom Cable talked about Wednesday.
He appreciates Cable’s public stance that he hasn’t considered changing quarterbacks, but feels he’s earned it.
“I worked to be that guy. If you look at it closely on film, things aren’t as bad as people make ’em out to be. The Denver Broncos are an NFL team. They have some defense to cover some things up, and that’s when you come up with throw away balls . . . I practiced to be that guy, from beginning to end.”
When the Raiders faced Houston last season in Week 16, they came in having lost three straight games and were playing out the string with a 3-11 record.
Seemingly out of nowhere, put together one of their best efforts of the season and beat the Texans 27-16.
The Raiders drove 64 yards in eight plays the first time they had the ball, with Russell hitting Chaz Schilens for a 20-yard touchdown. He was 3-for-3 for 41 yards on the drive. It was the first time in 55 games, dating back to 2005 when Kerry Collins was quarterback, that the Raiders had scored a touchdown on their first possession.
Oakland immediately did one of its patented give-backs, with the Texans marching 71 yards to tie the score, but the first touchdown established a level of confidence that carried throughout the game. By game’s end, Russell was 18 of 25 for 236 yards and two touchdowns and Justin Fargas had 93 yards on 22 carries on a rainy day.
“When you look at it on film, it’s like, everybody’s out there, joyful, going out, there, moving around, flying around to the ball, making things happen,” Russell said.
More to come later . . .
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October 1st, 2009 at 12:32 pm
really I do
October 1st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
93 carries for 22 yards doesn’t seem like a very good average..
October 1st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
“Russell says he cares”
LOL!
October 1st, 2009 at 12:41 pm
HayesDaze,
Great day to be a Raider fan?
October 1st, 2009 at 12:44 pm
[...] [...]
October 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Too Short MOVED TO ATLANTA IF IM NOT MISTAKEN
HE PROBABLY KICKS IT WITH MC HAMMER ( THEY HAVE ALOT IN COMMON SINCE THERE BOTH ALL WASHED UP )
October 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Russell does not care. He’s got guaranteed money he never would have gotten if the Raiders hadn’t drafted him. He won a lottery. All he has to do now is put on a Raider uniform and lie to the press about how much he cares. Check, and check. That being said, Russell is not the reason we’re losing. Al Davis is.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Last weekend was a busy one in Raiderland.
The Raiders tried to bar national TV analyst Rich Gannon from their headquarters, announcing that he would not be allowed to attend a meeting at which his broadcast team would prep for Sunday’s Raiders-Broncos game.
These production meetings are standard fare. As far as I know, this was the first instance in NFL history of a team trying to bar a broadcaster.
Gannon, former Raiders quarterback, is considered a traitor because he has been critical of the team that is the losingest in football over the last six seasons.
The Raiders grudgingly lifted the ban; Gannon missed the meeting anyway.
After Sunday’s game, one Bay Area columnist was berated by a Raiders’ PR person for writing “lies,” and another columnist was harangued for 15 minutes in the press box for “inciting” a Raiders player in a postgame interview. The second columnist was told he would be barred from regular media access to the Raiders.
None of this will put the U.S. Supreme Court on red alert. For most of the local media, all this hysteria was cause for chuckles.
So far, nobody’s media access has been shut off. The Raiders trying to bar a credentialed media person for writing or saying bad stuff about the team, or for allegedly being impolite, is like your 4-year-old threatening to never eat again if he doesn’t get an ice cream cone.
This column is written not to enlist sympathy for the hardships and indignities we in the media endure while covering the Raiders. That stuff is a minor annoyance, sometimes an amusement. And really, who cares?
The aim here is to give a glimpse into the increasingly strange world of the Raiders, where Al Davis and his people seem to devote more and more energy to guarding the castle walls against outside invaders than they do to pumping life back into a team that has been staggering since Benedict Gannon left town.
The Raiders have always tried desperately, clumsily, to control the media. I was standing on the field an hour before the 1984 Super Bowl in Tampa when a Raiders exec interrupted Irv Cross in the middle of a live stand-up on national TV and angrily ordered him off the field. A classic Super Bowl moment.
I don’t know if the Raiders are the most paranoid and power-crazed team in sports (my guess is that they are), but no other team works as hard to re-educate and berate the enemy -the media – as the Raiders do. No other team acts out its paranoia with the hostility of the Raiders, who have tried to pressure newspapers into controlling or changing their beat writers. In at least one case, they unsuccessfully pressured a newspaper to fire a columnist.
Writers considered anti-Raiders find themselves deleted from the team’s e-mail list. Davis routinely orders underlings to phone or personally confront media people about stories Davis believes to be wrong or to have an unfair anti-Raiders slant.
When the team moved back from Los Angeles, I noted in print that the deal with the Raiders would cost Oakland millions of dollars each year, for many years. A Raiders PR person took angry exception, telling me I was absolutely wrong. Oakland’s Raiders debt is still running, like a taxi meter on steroids.
Two years ago, Davis took umbrage at a column I wrote (a column that drew zero negative e-mail) and told me if he was 20 years younger, he’d kick my butt.
Not that Davis reacts to every column or story. When I wondered in print why the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame enshrined Eddie DeBartolo Jr. without also enshrining Davis, nobody in Raiderland said a word. Maybe the pit bull ate the Sporting Green that day.
Fighting evil is hard work. Davis is 80, not in the best of health and no longer has the unlimited energy of the 40-year-old Al Davis. Yet he assigns himself a bigger role in assembling and running the team than does any sports owner, with the possible exception of Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban.
Sparring with the media would seem to be an energy drain Davis could ill afford. Yet if recent events are an indication, the Raiders’ vigilance against outside enemies is increasing.
A popular buzz phrase in sports is, “I don’t worry about things beyond my control. I concern myself only with what I can control.”
Maybe that’s the Raiders’ game plan: Worry about what they think they can control – the media. And don’t waste energy on what they can’t control – the makeup and performance of the football team.
Anyway, that’s all the lies I can think up today.
Scott Otsler
October 1st, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Caring and sucking are 2 different things.
Russell just sucks. He can care all he wants to. It won’t help him be more accurate.
My question is this… How did this guy have a 67% completion percentage at LSU?
I am not trying to be funny.
Can any of you guys tell me how Russell went from that at LSU to not being able to hit a barn in the NFL?
October 1st, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Been hearing that Russell is a mainstay in the Oakland night scene. I wonder if he hangs out with Too Short? I predict a paternity suit coming Russell’s way within a year. Perhaps multiple ones.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Raider75,
Russell did have some talent around him the likes of Dwayne Bowe and Buster Davis–who isn’t doing anything in the NFL–and they were great together and college is a lot easier than the NFL for players just ask Reggie Bush.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pm
JaMarcus the Arm was belittled and chided by the subjects of the Land of Oak.
He challenged them to a pork chop eating competition to settle the dispute once and for all.
The Nation then asked JaMarcus the arm to do well in battle on Sundays and all would be forgiven.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pm
# KoolKell Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:41 pm
HayesDaze,
Great day to be a Raider fan?
………..
HAAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
Direct hit. Davis shill down.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Well There… You… Go!
“The Denver Broncos are an NFL team. They have some defense to cover some things up, and that’s when you come up with throw away balls . . . I practiced to be that guy, from beginning to end.”
If he means to become the “throw away balls, Quarterback”, he’s off the charts!
I hope that the quote is misrepresented, otherwise, he’s reinforcing the fact that it is good to not turn the ball over. Of course, three-n-out turns it over too…
October 1st, 2009 at 12:54 pm
MR
Haven’t seen the regular Al Nation shills, recently. Just thought I’d reach out to HD.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:55 pm
# The Real MaddenRaider Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Richochet’s actually right about the fact that Davis is indeed broke because of his style of management and his meddlsome ways, but that’s about it. Richochet is a babbling, nonsensical moron otherwise, who just picks fights on the internet to compensate for his perpetual state of emasculation in his social and work life. Tell me I’m wrong, Rich. You know I’m right.
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Hard to believe a guy who bought an NFL franchise 50 years ago for an absolute song, is broke. Especially considering he bought out the other partners a few years ago. The NFL is a complete and total cash making machine. And Even if Davis was somehow losing his shirt, NFL teams share revenue, so Pittsburgh, the NY Giants and Jets, Chicago, all contribute to Al Davis’ bank account.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:55 pm
The last article mentions how Nnamdi never talks on the field and this one how Russell never shows emotion. NO LEADERS!!!
Our best guys are into their own heads.
I get Russell’s Jim Brown tactics. I do.
But your are the QB. You’ve got to lead. If not thru your words, then thru your actions.
WORK EXTRA WITH YOUR WIDES.
You can be the best ever if you want it…
Lets do it Russell!
October 1st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Here’s another question for you Bay Area people…
Do you guys really take Nancy Pelosi seriously?
Just a question from someone who lives in another state. Not trying to start a Dems v Repubs thing.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:57 pm
MR yoou talking to yourself again?
October 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Regardless of whether he says he cares or not, he needs to produce on the field. I’m so tired of hearing about fundamentals. This is pro-football, that should be something you always work at on your own. Not in camp. He acts like this is pee-wee football.
October 1st, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Vegas & Headbutt –
Jags beat the Texans. Texans beat the Titans. Jags are at home
Brees struggled to pass against the Bills. Jets have Darrell Revis and bring the heat all game long. Saints run D won’t be able to contain Jones & Washington
Redskins lost to the Lions. barely beat the Rams the week prior (didn’t even score a TD in that game). Portis & Haynesworth are both injured “questionable”. Their confidence can’t get any lower right now and the Bucs might get a spark by inserting a new QB. Bucs have a good pair of TE’s Winslow & Stevens and a running game Williams & Ward for a young QB to lean on …
the Bills gave up 215 rushing yards & 3 rush TD’s to the Saints last week. the Dolphins have a young inexperienced QB and both Ronnie Brown & Ricky Williams in the backfield. Bills only score on Sunday was a trick play on special teams. Miami is at home
October 1st, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Nnam21,
On the last article, it was Johnson talking about how he never talks to him. Unlike a lot of the idiot cornerbacks, Antonio Cromartie comes to mind, spend a lot of time talking trash to WRs only to get burnt by them. I been to many games and I always see Nnamdi talking to the players on D, the ones that matter. He’s always directing, helping with play calls, etc.
Don’t bundle him up with JRuss. Nnam is one of the few leaders on the team. Only if we had his counter part on the O.
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Nnamdi21 Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:55 pm
The last article mentions how Nnamdi never talks on the field and this one how Russell never shows emotion. NO LEADERS!!!
October 1st, 2009 at 1:06 pm
# Raider75 Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:49 pm
My question is this… How did this guy have a 67% completion percentage at LSU?
I am not trying to be funny.
Can any of you guys tell me how Russell went from that at LSU to not being able to hit a barn in the NFL?
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yeah, I can. Notice last year how as the season went on, Russell got better and better. Also notice how as games go on, Russell gets better and better for the most part. There are reasons for that. As for this season, once you get comfortable with certain receivers you know where they are going to be in certain coverages. All of that has changed this year. No more Shilens, Higgins, and Curry. It is now Murphy, DHB, and Watkins. Do you think playing with two rookies and one guy who has caught one more pass in the NFL than me, makes a difference??
75, go to NFL.com and see if they still have the Denver game up on the site. Watch the 2nd pick that Russell throws. Champ Bailey comes across the route and hits DHB hard right as the ball is thrown knocking him waaay off the route and resulting in the pick. Do you think Marvin Harrison or T.O. would allow that to happen??
October 1st, 2009 at 1:09 pm
UP LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:27 pm
HEY GUY’S I FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHO MR IS.
HEY MR CLEAN YOUR TRAILER NEXT TIME YOU DO A PREDICTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogeX4OM24Ic
October 1st, 2009 at 1:10 pm
JaMarcus Russell is the reincarnation of Joe Barry Carroll.
October 1st, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Russell, you may think you care, but you obviously don’t care enough about your job to shed some blubber.
October 1st, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Darrius the Quick was knocked off course by a seasoned warrior when battling last Sunday in the Land of Oak.
However, Darrius the Quick has displayed no fight, no hunger, and no desire to snare the Pigskin from the air.
His demeanor on the field is that of a young warrior, not aclimated to the nature of the League of Football.
Chaz the Beast is sorely needed amongst the ranks of the Silver & Black.
Another warrior has fallen out of favor with the Supreme Commander, Javon – Sniffer of Rails, and wallows in the dregs of the Dark One’s dungeon, never to be seen on the field of battle.
JaMarcus the Arm must show more than resolve and indifference.
While not allowing his foes to see his quiet intensity, he has also prevented subjects of the Nation from seeing it as well.
JaMarcus the Arm must show results and vanquish foes on the field of battle Sundays in the autumn and winter.
October 1st, 2009 at 1:13 pm
JaPoatroast IS RYAN LEAF REINCARNATED
October 1st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
The difference between LSU Russell and NFL Russell?
The shotgun. Russell does not seem capable of learning the footwork or rythm of a 5-step drop. When he has had mild success this season, it has been in obvious passing situations where he could play out of the shotgun.
I don’t care whether JaMarcus cares, if caring were the only credential to be a success in the league then all of us would be starting over these clowns. What I “care” about is that all of the pre-draft concerns about Russell have turned out to be true and then some.
October 1st, 2009 at 1:27 pm
way to go Russell. spewing the company line …
practice doesn’t earn you a starting job in the NFL. your play on the field in games that matter does. Jerry Mac reported that Russell was very inconsistant during camp & OTA’s. hot & cold. never put two solid days together back to back.
Tom Cable said “he needs to put the work in” if he wants to improve his game. Then said that 90 percent of this team “gets it” but JR isn’t part of that 90. He’s a part of the 10 percent that still doesn’t get it … Russell doesn’t need to talk to the media. The coach already explained why he sucks on the football field. Russell can show Raider Nation he cares by throwing accurate passes and winning football games. Thats what you expect from a #1 overall pick in his 3rd NFL season
October 1st, 2009 at 1:28 pm
JaMeatloaf…Talk is cheap. It’s all about RESULTS…
October 1st, 2009 at 1:29 pm
JaMarcus the Arm?
more like JaMarcus the belly. thats what he’s known for!
October 1st, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Cable should should have kept most of last years playbook….
October 1st, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Russell is gonna take prove all you doubters wrong, bandwagon tix for sale….
October 1st, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Oakglenn,you mention DHB was hit by Bailey as the ball was thrown and ask whether Harrison or TO would have allowed it to happen to them.the question is would the officials allow Bailey to hit one of those rec. as the ball was thrown and not throw a flag?
October 1st, 2009 at 1:40 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Raider Dogg, no, I don’t have any quotes by Kiffin to refute your claim, yet, I didn’t state anything as fact. You did. Kiffin may have wanted Quinn. But he never said so. You gave your opinion under the premise that Kiffin undoubtedly wanted Quinn, when it’s not necessarily true. I, on the other hand, never stated as fact that Kiffin didn’t want Quinn. Just said that we don’t know.”
MR
Semantics aside, I never claimed anything as fact. From what I understand, based on what others have said, more specifically AD, which in your book probably means that it is untrue, that Kiffin preferred Quinn over Russell.
I have no idea who said that Kiffin wanted AP or CJ because I have never once heard that notion until you mentioned it today. Sounds like speculation to me. On the flip side I have read that Kiffin wanted Quinn from at least one person. I can get the transcript where it is clearly stated that Kiffin wanted Quinn over Russell, whether it was true or not. Yet there is not ONE piece of evidence stating that he preffered those other 2 guys that you mentioned. Where did you hear that anyway?
As far as I can tell Kiffin was WRONG about Brady Quinn. That’s ok, so was Charlie Weis and so were the Browns.
I apologize in advance if I offended you by saying something bad about Kiffin, I didn’t realize that you were still carrying a torch for the guy.
October 1st, 2009 at 1:45 pm
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October 1st, 2009 at 1:53 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 8:17 am
Tom Rathman used to work with McFadden on his ball security. I hope new RB coach Kelly Skipper does the same. Skipper was the TE coach the last 2 years, right?
Must have done something right with Zach Miller!
^^^^^^^Thats whay I said a couple of days ago.
When DMC and Bush fumbled early in week 2 last year vs KC…..they both started keeping two hands on the ball after that Rathman style!
Rathman got on their a$$ quick after fumbling…..
That Penguin looking Skipper better start getting on their ass and telling them to stay lower, see the hole and hit the hole!
October 1st, 2009 at 1:57 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 11:53 am
Richochet, nobody cares about Al’s meddling.
RICHOCHET: That comment ALONE makes you one dumb cotton ball. You stupidly BLAME AL FOR ALL OF THE PROBLEMS..yeah..YOU, fool..”Not Russell’s fault. It’s Al’s fault.”..but now you say nobody cares about Al’s meddling?
I called you WAFFLE FOR A REASON. Make up your mind, Waffle. Take a stand. Quit being so damn wishywashy.
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Most of these good coaches around the league like Payton and Whisenhunt would let Al put literal puppet strings on them if he really had the money to pay them.
RICHOCHET: Again, YOU’RE AN IDIOT. Whiz? HE TURNED AL DOWN, you fool. He stated “DON’T EVEN BOTHER WRITING UP AN OFFER SHEET..not interested.” Same thing as Kiffin Sr. Saunders, Martz.. No..they WOULDN’T PLAY FOR AL ..because they know it’s a black mark on their resume. It’s the hell hole of coaching. And you are a freaking moron.
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Bottom line is, he doesn’t have the money. He would have hired those guys then scapegoated them in the first season, to have an excuse not to pay them. He would have pushed them into acting insubordinate so he could get documentation on them, like he did with Kiffin. It’s all about money, Richochet. That’s how it works in the real world. But you’re not living in the real world, so what’s the point?
RICHOCHET: You notice how not ONE PERSON backed this ignorant take? lol..I swear, you’re dense. You already said players don’t want to come to Oakland because AL HAS NO MONEY? It’s not because of what I said? That players all state ‘Don’t go there”? That players said it’s dysfunctional? That players state “careers go there to die”? IT’S NOW BECAUSE AL HAS NO MONEY?
You dumbass.. You just make this stupid stuff up on a whim? lol..you’re a joke.
And now you’re running the “He’ll just hire good coaches, and then force them to do something so he can fire them with cause?? DID YOU HONESTLY JUST SAY THAT?
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW STUPID THAT SOUNDS?
October 1st, 2009 at 2:01 pm
The Raiders need to watch out for Kevin Walter more than anything and Slaton.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:05 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 11:53 am
And, you only quoted half of my Garcia quote. I said that Brien always accuses me of having a man crush on Garcia, so I’d might as well pretend I do.
RICHOCHET: Sorry Mama’s boy, but..YOUR exact words were You wish Jeff would come back so you can watch his tight little azz..now you want to backtrack?
Oh..that’s right, Mama’s boy..didn’t you also state ‘I’m off to pick up my new Russell jersey..BACK AFTER THE KC GAME?? Where you waffled, and everyone laughed at you? Where when called out after the Denver game, you BACKTRACKED like a little girl, saying “Oh, I was just kidding”?
Same as you lusting after Garcia in his tight widdle outfit?
Sorry dude, but those are YOUR words..you just are having trouble digesting them.
Hey, you came out. Deal with it. Just makes it harder trying to explain it away.
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September 29th, 2009 at 1:45pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says: I’d still take Garcia. It would be kind of nice to see Jeffy running around in tight pants again.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:06 pm
“I think that’s their opinion about how things go on but they really don’t know what’s going on in my mind.”
I know what’s in Russell’s mind:
Cable: Alright now JR, we are going to make a two yard pass to the your left receiver.
Russell in shotgun:
“[cricket...cricket cricket.....cricket] uhhhhhh okay….blue fo-dy hyyyke!”
Gannon in the booth: “WHOA! Who was he throwing it to? It’s like his recievers over there on the RIGHT didn’t even know the ball was coming to them. They have GOT to get on the same page here.
Russell, Post-Game Press Conference:
Whell… ya naw, it’s like dem receives…like dem is new on da team n all nnnnn…routes aren’t always ran…n…like some tymes dey ain’t der where dem suppose to be, n das whut happens! naw whutta mean?
October 1st, 2009 at 2:08 pm
No More Infield or Trolls Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I actually find richochet amusing for a troll. Just wish she would finally admit to being ANN KILLION!
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She’s actually kind of cute, for a sportswriter. Didn’t she retire? Or went somewhere from the Merc..
Sorry Nancy..nothing personal.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:10 pm
In regards to the Russell/Quinn/Kiff in issue, I looked at it more like Kiffin being an untested HQ, in an unstable situation, the last thing you want from a #1 overall is someone that will take the field and contribute right away. Would you step into a job that has high turnover and then be asked to work and develop someone that is years away?
October 1st, 2009 at 2:10 pm
If the young receivers can step their game up Jamarcus will be fine. It’s highly unlikely any of our top 3 receivers would start for any other team in the NFL at this point in their careers. DHB certainly is not ready to start but it is what it is.
I’ll continue to support Jamarcus, DHB, DMC and the rest of the team!! I have faith they’ll turn it around…especially when Chaz gets back healthy.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Warriors from around the League of Football have shyed away from the Land of Oak as a place to suit up and do battle, not because of a lack of riches amassed by the Supreme Leader, but because the Army of the Silver & Black has been vanquished three times for every four battles during the Long Drought.
If anything, these warriors would flock to the Land of Oak, knowing the Dark One will bestow upon them riches, perhaps much more than they are actually worth.
However – being victorious in battle is more attractive to many warriors than the promise of riches, knowing they will amass fortunes in other lands anyway.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Ok, instead of JR saying he needs to step up his game in order to save his coach from controversial suituation, he says he knows Cable won’t take him out of a game he is sucking in it cuz he EARNED it? Looooooooooool
what did he earn? Sucking in a game? Being da worst QB? Not caring no fundamentals?
He should keep his mouth shut this just proves he is the man cuz he earned 30 mill signing bonus, we doomed.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:15 pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Richochet’s actually right about the fact that Davis is indeed broke because of his style of management and his meddlsome ways, but that’s about it.
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SEE?? lol..I NEVER SAID THAT. You don’t even have any idea who you’re posting about, or what was said.
Damn..
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHY PLAYERS/COACHES DON’T WANT TO COME TO OAKLAND..not about why Al is broke. YOU stupidly stated “Players don’t want to come to play because Al is running out of money”..after LAUGHING MY ASS OFF, I schooled you on “no one in charge” “bad morale” always losing, etc..NEVER MENTIONED AL BEING BROKE BECAUSE OF MANAGEMENT.
Dude, you can’t even follow the simple little dots..
You waffle, you come out of the closet, you misquote, and you’re a moron.
Way to go, Gomer, lol.
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September 29th, 2009 at 1:45pm
The Real MaddenRaider Says: I’d still take Garcia. It would be kind of nice to see Jeffy running around in tight pants again.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:16 pm
And for all da Jamarcus haters and name-callers…
Look at the #s above 18 of 25 — 2TDs (for the mathematically challenged that’s 72%).
This was against a team on the cusp of going to the playoffs with everything to play for. That should show you the kid can be accurate when he has confidence that his receivers will run the proper routes and catch the damn ball.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:17 pm
UCSBPreMedMike Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 2:06 pm
“I think that’s their opinion about how things go on but they really don’t know what’s going on in my mind.”
I know what’s in Russell’s mind:
Cable: Alright now JR, we are going to make a two yard pass to the your left receiver.
Russell in shotgun:
“[cricket...cricket cricket.....cricket] uhhhhhh okay….blue fo-dy hyyyke!”
Gannon in the booth: “WHOA! Who was he throwing it to? It’s like his recievers over there on the RIGHT didn’t even know the ball was coming to them. They have GOT to get on the same page here.
Russell, Post-Game Press Conference:
Whell… ya naw, it’s like dem receives…like dem is new on da team n all nnnnn…routes aren’t always ran…n…like some tymes dey ain’t der where dem suppose to be, n das whut happens! naw whutta mean?
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LMFAO.
He’s just about that slow..and that’s no joke.
After hearing him speak, it cleared up all of the “is he really that slow” talk..guy’s a tree stump.
My apologies to all tree stumps..even you Waffle.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
COME ON YOU 10% RAIDERS WHO is making one of the worst NFL teams of ALL time. Get it together. Win Texas and we’re back at .500, 2-2.
….hey…I wonder if that 10% is just starters, or does that include coaching staff AND all back ups??? It would have too, no?
Let’s see…if it’s our starters, then…. 11 men are on the field… if we Round-off that leaves 1 player as the 10%, (since there are no midgets on the field)…so yeah…I think Russell just might be the only one, since coach did say he is one of the 10%…hmmmm….
if you take the entire team in consideration, the 10% must take into account the coaching staff.
Maybe Cable should back to fundamentals and should have used that week to RUN ROUTES ON O!!! What ever happen to “practice makes perfect?”
October 1st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Im sure he probably cares. I never have doubted that. I just HIGHLY doubt that he hasn’t lost his confidence. That is my biggest worry.
*When things don’t go the way you want them to go, you dig down and go to the fundamentals,” Russell said. “From that (point), you pick yourself up because that’s mostly all it is when things happen like that, you kind of get out of whack and forget your fundamentals.”*
Ummmm, What in the world are you talking about man, you have been missing “fundamental” throws since Training Camp began and it has quite obviously continued into the season. Everyone on the Planet knows you are NOT reverting back to your fundamentals. Otherwise 8 out of 10 passes wouldn’t be totally off the mark.
*”Russell said playing fundamental football will bring the offense back on track and eliminate the “pressing” that coach Tom Cable talked about Wednesday”*
I know what he means, but he is insane if he thinks that they are anywhere NEAR playing fundamentally sound football. It is what the team needs to do for sure, but so far, they have been horribly undisciplined…
Denial aint just a river in Egypt JROCK–you need to listen to people who know what the hell they are talking about, you are wayyyyyy to young to just think you can have just any old mechanics you want. Get it done dude, my little sister throws a better ball than you….
October 1st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
OMG..definitely a kid.
“vanquish foes”?
“subjects of the nation”?
“dark one’s dungeon”?
lol..you SCREAM 14.
That wasn’t just weak, it wasn’t just juvenile..it’s embarrassing.
Hell, I’m embarrassed for you.
When you grow up, and look back, you’re going to laugh at yourself for that silly kiddy take.
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Those who are subjects of the Land of Fairies have no business in the Land of Oak or the City of Angels. Be gone, oaf.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Trade JR, DMC, DHB, next year 1st Rounder for Peyton or Brady, lol who knows NE might believe in Raiders players, wish this could happen.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:25 pm
LA to TheBay Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Darrius the Quick was knocked off course by a seasoned warrior when battling last Sunday in the Land of Oak.
However, Darrius the Quick has displayed no fight, no hunger, and no desire to snare the Pigskin from the air.
His demeanor on the field is that of a young warrior, not aclimated to the nature of the League of Football.
Chaz the Beast is sorely needed amongst the ranks of the Silver & Black.
Another warrior has fallen out of favor with the Supreme Commander, Javon – Sniffer of Rails, and wallows in the dregs of the Dark One’s dungeon, never to be seen on the field of battle.
JaMarcus the Arm must show more than resolve and indifference.
While not allowing his foes to see his quiet intensity, he has also prevented subjects of the Nation from seeing it as well.
JaMarcus the Arm must show results and vanquish foes on the field of battle Sundays in the autumn and winter.
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OMG..definitely a kid.
“vanquish foes”?
“subjects of the nation”?
“dark one’s dungeon”?
lol..you SCREAM 14.
That wasn’t just weak, it wasn’t just juvenile..it’s embarrassing.
Hell, I’m embarrassed for you.
When you grow up, and look back, you’re going to laugh at yourself for that silly kiddy take.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Watch the 2nd pick that Russell throws. Champ Bailey comes across the route and hits DHB hard right as the ball is thrown knocking him waaay off the route and resulting in the pick. Do you think Marvin Harrison or T.O. would allow that to happen??
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now dhb ALLOWS db’s to knock him off his route?
LOL! Russell is garbage. deal with it. quit trying to spread the blame to his receiving options
October 1st, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Nnamdi21 Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 12:55 pm
The last article mentions how Nnamdi never talks on the field and this one how Russell never shows emotion. NO LEADERS!!!
Our best guys are into their own heads.
I get Russell’s Jim Brown tactics. I do.
But your are the QB. You’ve got to lead. If not thru your words, then thru your actions.
WORK EXTRA WITH YOUR WIDES.
You can be the best ever if you want it…
Lets do it Russell!
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First off, NO, he can’t be the best. He, IF HE REALLY WANTS IT, can be adequate. Can do his job, albeit barely. the best? Impossible. He has NONE of the tangents necessary to develop into the best. Bad footwork. Horrible touch on the ball. Can’t read a defense. Makes bad decisions. Bad work habits. Blase’. Has NO DESIRE TO BE THE BEST.
Again, IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO EVER BE THE BEST..best he can hope for is to not be a footnote on ‘biggest bust’.
Adequate qb? Maybe..maybe not.
And Jim Brown? Yeah, he got up the same, each and every time..always…very very very slow. No tells.
However, before EVERY game? He would walk across the field, and stand in front of the other team..would walk slowly back and forth..feet away…staring..daring them to stop him once the game started..making it clear ‘DON’T F**k WITH ME”..stating “you don’t stand a chance”.
And they knew he was right.
NEVER put Russell’s name in the same sentence as Jim Brown. That’s an insult to Brown.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:29 pm
“When you grow up, and look back, you’re going to laugh at yourself for that silly kiddy take.”
Says a being who claims to have children, yet doesn’t tell them he calls people peanuts on the internet.
Poor, jaded fool. So much energy spent here, with nothing to show for it other than tears and frustration.
I’m sorry for you.
That is all.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Sucks, cause Raiders looked VERY promising after GAME 1. Then it was ALL back to reality.
Well…back to homework…keep your head up NATION….just like like Russell and Cable do after breaking records for having the worst statistics… HAHAHA!
October 1st, 2009 at 2:35 pm
No1 is going to trade for our players right now because they either would not start on another team anyway or they get paid too much money and have not proven themselves.
Eventually Al has got to realise he needs to draft some linemen. The trench is where the games are won and lost and with a good O line your offense will be good almost 100% guaranteed.
Good Dline and you are going to get natural pressure which we have not been getting since week 1 which means or LBs will not have to blitz because they don’t anyway.
Thats how this team needs to build itself. If they start doing this now, we may have a chance in a couple years of being decent, however I wish they did that before drafting the skill players.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Ya knowwww….I remember “Fundamental English” and “Fundamental Math”…those classes we all called “Retarded English” and “Retarded Math.” even for those of us who took them. DAVIS! Come on man, you have GOT to STOP drafting those players that still need to develop the “fundamentals” of football.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Some people will say its too early to start talking about next years draft, with regards to personel they are right.
But we all know we are going to finish near the bottom. Trade down to a lower 1st and get an extra 2nd at the very least and draft some linemen on both sides for god sakes lol.
Every year between injuries and just people that suck our lines are garbage. I dont mind our D line this year but still needs work cuz we need more pressure.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:49 pm
“lol..you SCREAM 14.”
You scream “Oh, Alex Smith, harder daddy!”
I win.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Russell = raider savior!
October 1st, 2009 at 2:52 pm
JR just texted me. Heres what he told Al to get him for Christmas.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33073155/ns/world_news-africa
October 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I use to never do it and it pains me to do it as well.
This Raider hating blog has worn off on me and now I am reduced to making fun of Twinkletoes and Jamarsbar.
Whats next? A bitter hatred for Al?
NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Im all in, Al
Kick some texas boot arse Sunday!
October 1st, 2009 at 2:58 pm
“If you look at it all the time, even though we score a touchdown or two, I clap, go give the guys praise, but you never see me (getting too excited),” Russell said. “My coach in high school always told me to stay on an even keel, that way, nobody will ever read you, they will never know what you’re thinking about, how high you are, how low you are. I think that’s their opinion about how things go on but they really don’t know what’s going on in my mind.”
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You know, I try to root for the kid, and sport his jersey but this quote really pisses me off.
First of, JAMARCUS, I would like to “look at it all the time” when “we score a touchdown or two”, only problem is, that never happens. “WE” have scored 3TD’s all year, and you didn’t lead a TD drive in the preseason. I’m sure if you HAD in fact scored TD’s “all the time” you might have showed a little more emotion.
Plus this one, “but they really don’t know what’s going on in my mind.”
I think we have a clue what’s going on, JAMARCUS, when you go sulk on the bench, don’t say crap to any teammates and just rock your stupid fkn Mo-Hawk and diamonds. What is it, just “keeping an even keel” like your Bubba Gump HS coach told you? Why don’t you tell us what’s “really going on your mind” and instead of telling us we just really don’t know.
This guy needs to get a clue, quickly.
October 1st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Has anyone used Jabuffalo yet?
October 1st, 2009 at 3:03 pm
plunkett:
nope jabuffalo is all yours
i got jawalrus
bsj has janormous
909 has jameatloaf
October 1st, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Plunketthead Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Has anyone used Jabuffalo yet?
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Nope, you’re good, Plunk. Credit Plunketthead with the first usage of ‘Jabuffalo.’
There’s been some good ones. I think I’ll get a list going tomorrow.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I claim JaLargest.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Damn work!
October 1st, 2009 at 3:05 pm
What about JaWhale??
@3:01pm
October 1st, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I personally like Jason Whitlock’s:
“Offthemarcus”
October 1st, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Wow, RRS jumped way into the future.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Rockstar, we will talk about the upsets another time. I think you might be on to something in post #21.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
oh, and UP LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER has “japotroast”
sorry
October 1st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Jamammal
October 1st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Jagantor
October 1st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
5pm in Podunk. see ya fellers
October 1st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Jacrapwrap
October 1st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
JaHolstein?
JaGurnsey?
JaAngus?
Jahefford?
@3:05pm
October 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I still have faith in the young man, JR. He will catch fire sooner or later. I think Cable will get better as well. Hell I think that way about the entire team. Lots of upside for players and theres nowhere to go but up for the team.
I am not giving up on the season but I will be content to take our lumps this year and return next year with some line help in a deep draft. Keep Cable for at least one more year.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:17 pm
JaDouble-Double?
@3:13pm
October 1st, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Jamassive Russell?
October 1st, 2009 at 3:22 pm
It isn’t hard when your division is the AFC West…our chance to make something of this year depended on playing fellow AFC West patsies the first three games…we blew it.
lucky to get to 5 wins now.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Jamakeuscringe Russell.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Jhill,
Like I said, Chris Morris sucks.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Jatacotime
This is a tough schedule this year. Cowboys, Eagles, Giants, Ravens, Jets, Steelers,.
Day games back east are a killer for us.
Starting off with three Division teams is another hard hurdle. I bet no other team did that.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Ok, I got it.
Write it down, take a picture, I don’t give a F.
JaMarshmallow Truffle.
Word.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Unfortunately we do have an identity JHill, it’s of a poorly disciplined team, with a vanilla scheme on D, and a young-struggling QB.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Not sure if anyone saw NFL playbook …
You would think that they would have broken down the ineffective passing game. Surprisingly, the focus was on the ineffective offensive line and how they can not run block. The illustrated Chris Morris getting handled in the run game, other Oline guys on the ground, and of course Cornell Green whiffing.
Next on the list was McFadden’s 4 fumbles.
Said the lack of production from the last 3 first round picks is killing the team. Zero Identity! Who are they?
October 1st, 2009 at 3:29 pm
What’s up, Jhill?
What I’ve been noticing on passing plays is that they’ve been sending WRs and TE deep and having a RB chip block and then trying to get open up the middle.
Mike Bush would have had a catch and probably some YAC on that 2nd pick.
Running game really not that bad. Just need more reps.
DMC will be explosive if he can figure out how to get through the second level. I’ll give him this, he’s hitting the holes hard, harder than Mike Bush.
Difference is that Bush is far more patient and allows his blockers to do their thing and he takes better angles.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:29 pm
JaMakesUsActSilly ?????
October 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
jhill Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 3:29 pm
JaMakesUsActSilly ?????
Lol, right.
Big guy will shake it when he starts putting up Ws.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Exactly LA …
Look how long JRuss held on to the ball on that 2nd pick, and DHB and the 2nd WRs were just coming out of their route.
These patterns are way too deep and 2 of the 3 guys are NEVER open.
Tollner and his Air Coreyell offense need to go in a different direction.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
My brain agrees, but my heart is holding out for Cable & Co turn that corner.
They can still turn this season around. Gotta hit the QB and hit him hard. It would not take much to knock Matt Schaub out. He is injury prone.
A little luck and we can win two games against the 6 above.
Beat the Browns, Bengals and Denver, KC or SD.
We can still go 8-8
Best year ever!!!!!
October 1st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
I USED JaPoatroast first
paten pending
lmfao
October 1st, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I think it should be a ‘frohawk.’
October 1st, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Did anyone look at the size of the diamond JR ordered?
October 1st, 2009 at 3:38 pm
you can come up with a new name for JaPoatroast EVERY TIME YOU HAVE DINNER.
TONIGHT IM HAVING JaBBQCHICKEN
October 1st, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Jawhatthefukareyoudoin!
October 1st, 2009 at 3:40 pm
jawhatthefukareyoudoin…lol
I yell that at LEAST five time a game, just for Russell…
Don’t even have a guess on how many times I yell that at the D or the Fat Man……
October 1st, 2009 at 3:41 pm
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP) – 18 minutes ago
HOUSTON — Houston cornerback Jacques Reeves will miss Sunday’s game against Oakland after breaking his right pinky finger during warmups for practice.
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Alrightttttttt! Maybe 2 catches by WRs this week!!!!
October 1st, 2009 at 3:41 pm
“Russell said Thursday to assume he doesn’t care because of the way he looks would be a mistake”.
Oh yeah, ok JaKenneyRogersRoasters, as if that cool looking “brohawk” is considered business attire.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I would love to get into their practice and shave that brohawk. Just like those clips from jacka$$ with the clippers and the jaws music
October 1st, 2009 at 3:46 pm
What the hell does it take to get in indictment in Napa? Arrest Cable already for pete’s sake! It is almost game day!!!!!!
October 1st, 2009 at 3:49 pm
you can come up with a new name for JaPoatroast EVERY TIME YOU HAVE DINNER.
TONIGHT IM HAVING JaBBQCHICKEN
October 1st, 2009 at 3:51 pm
UP LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 3:49 pm
you can come up with a new name for JaPoatroast EVERY TIME YOU HAVE DINNER.
TONIGHT IM HAVING JaBBQCHICKEN
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Japizzathehut
October 1st, 2009 at 3:51 pm
# Raider Headbutt Says:
October 1st, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I would love to get into their practice and shave that brohawk. Just like those clips from jacka$$ with the clippers and the jaws music
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Lol, I know exactly what you are talking about.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:54 pm
new post
October 1st, 2009 at 4:20 pm
What a load of crap! JR could really give a schhit. He’s got his in the bank. The rest of the world needs to get a life.
October 1st, 2009 at 8:37 pm
I know Im going to catch some flak for this however…….
It would be awesome if the other 90% of you freaking morons would talk about football instead of acting an asinine 12 year old. Jesus H. I read a great article by someone who knows how to write, and actually convey a concise well thought out message and then I look to the comments hoping to find a discussion on the topic. Instead I have to sift through 9 out of 10 posts to find one with a person who actually wants to perhaps give some insight into what were witnessing day in and day out. Its B.S! You guys suck! Get a clue, and talk football, otherwise F.O….! You add nothing, and make the rest of the Nation look like they have your football IQ when in fact the other 10% know more about football than any other fans in the leauge.
The other 10% please keep up the good work, I am reading, but these other total retards just clutter everything up with thier name calling and general idiocy.
October 1st, 2009 at 9:10 pm
If that dumb f**k russell care he should release himself.So that other qb can start.You fat dumb f**k can you just stay away!!!This how dumb Russell going to do in houston this week.He’ll throw 2or3 int,get sacks 3 times fumbles 3 times,throw like 70 yards not just one play the whole games.Have a qb rating of 15% and the score be houston 21 oakland 6.These 6 points come from the D.WTF!!!
October 1st, 2009 at 11:11 pm
No more must every Raider fan have to make up their own personal derogatory nickname for our prized quarter back, #2, Jamarcus Russll. No, no, no, because now we have a winner: The Big Deuce! Yes, yes, it is perfect.
October 1st, 2009 at 11:44 pm
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October 2nd, 2009 at 8:09 am
Anyone have JaDumbo yet?
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 am
i hope he proves all the doubters wrong. i hope the team proves all the doubters wrong.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:57 pm
he cares about all the food he eats, he doesnt give a flying f*ck about anything only the buffett line and getting his guranteed $$$…jawalrus is worse then ryan leaf
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Ricochet said:
“He’s just about that slow..and that’s no joke.”
For the first time ever I actually agree with you.
JaLoser is a dumb,lazy,…..well you know…