ESPN's John Clayton is reporting that the Raiders are preparing to release JaMarcus Russell. If this happens, what becomes of Russell? Does he stay in the NFL, play for another league or retire all together. This article will try and identify teams or other options that may be available for Russell in the future. I will put them in order of the likelihood of occurrence.
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We’re putting our 162-game journey on hold Tuesday night, and instead Fantasy Baseball Insiders Tonight is covering parts of several games. Here’s everything you need to know from last night’s action around the league:
HITTERS
Hitter of the day : Cliff Pennington (4-for-5, R, HR, 4 RBI)
Batting leadoff for just the third time this season, Oakland shortstop Cliff Pennington recorded his first career four-hit game Tuesday night against the Rays. After blasting a three-run HR in the third inning, the switch-hitting 25-year-old ripped a ground-rule double to right, scoring two (though he was only credited with one RBI).
Pennington’s four-hit night raised his average to .265 ...
The only one happier than Raider Nation with the acquisition of former Redskin Jason Campbell must be former San Diego Charger bust Ryan Leaf.
For with JaMarcus Russell's exit from Oakland imminent, it could be said that Russell has officially surpassed Leaf as the NFL's biggest bust!
With a record of just 7-18 as a starter, Russell may have played his last game in a Raider uniform, and for all intents and purposes, played himself out of the National Football League forever!
Russell is just 25. It's hard to comprehend such a free-fall from the top of the NFL to the current depths of mediocrity ...
On Saturday, the Oakland Raiders finally made a move for a quarterback, by trading a 2012 draft pick for former Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell.
This move likely signaled the end of former number one pick, JaMarcus Russell.
Questions began to rise as to not if, but when the release will happen. Apparently, it's sooner rather than later.
According to NFLFanHouse.com's Nancy Gay, the Oakland Raiders could release Russell as early as Tuesday, sources close to the situation say.
Russell would be due 9.5 million dollars this season, and it seems clear that there has been a shift of power occurring, helping Al Davis improve this franchise.
If released, ...
John Clayton from ESPN has reported that the Raiders are preparing to cut JaMarcus Russell.
If this is true it should come as no surprise following the Jason Campbell trade. Russell has failed to live up to the expectations of a No. 1 pick, and last season was the worst season of his football career.
There were many reasons why Russell has failed up to this point. His work ethic has been questioned by almost everybody. The Raiders also failed to surround him with the talent needed for a young quarterback to succeed.
All signs pointed to Russell being the starter again when Willie Brown reported ...
Northern California, like her sunnier Southern counterpart, is prone to drought.
Despite the Hollywood imagery, the Golden State is not a naturally lush paradise with green hills rolling down to meet blue ocean. In reality, most of the State was a desert and eventually will be once again.
Our very nasty, not-so-secret secret is that Cali simply does not get enough water to sustain our current rate of growth.
In fact, Los Angeles already gets most of its water from the Colorado River —a gentle little trickle that carved out the Grand Canyon and never really enters California, just skips along the southeastern ...
Every year, about this time, my mind scrambles at thoughts of the coming NFL season.
Will Oakland be better? Playoffs? SUPERBOWL???
Well most years, as I say every year, my hopes are based on blind faith that one day the Raiders will return to glory. This year, as I say every year, is different.
I have enjoyed the past few months reading everyone's articles and keeping myself informed about my favorite team and its acquisitions and jettisons. In that time, I have fantasized repeatedly of hearing good news.
First, was the not-firing Tom Cable story, which nearly split my face in two ...
During the offseason, you see many types of reports. These include articles about failed drug tests, who got into trouble during the offseason or who is holding out and not showing up to camp? These articles are always on the spotlight or main pages around the web.
All the negative articles written like that give out a bad perception on the NFL and its players. Most would think based on the front pages, that the NFL is filled with criminals or hooligans.
It's rare that you see a positive story coming out on the good deeds players do for their community. It's not because they ...
Sometimes literary people associate the qualities of a man or woman with those of an instrument or even an animal. A creative stretch to cite the qualities of the Oakland Raiders just might be informative and entertaining.
Do you remember when Eartha Kitt was like a "cat" who meowed and purred at her audiences in America and Europe. Well, let's take this discussion to a creative level.
Can you imagine the moan and groan of JaMarcus Russell as he realizes that now there is a talent pool of quarterbacks on the roster of the Oakland Raiders? Can we say he may sound ...
The Oakland Athletics were gracious enough to hook Bleacher Report up with a press pass and a closer look at their collection of young talent. In a stroke of surreal good fortune, I found myself on assignment and standing amidst the bright green grass of the Oakland Coliseum for a second time in my life.
Whereas before I wore my high school baseball uniform and played in what would be my last game of organized hardball (we won the North Coast Section final on that very field in 1997), this time I came armed with digital recorder and computer to document ...