A day after Raiders coach Tom Cable yanked starter JaMarcus Russell in favor of Jeff Garcia for a two-minute drill to end the first half of the preseason game, Cable named Russell the starter for Week One's Monday night twin-bill night cap against the Chargers.
Cable made the announcement during a Sunday conference call, per David White of the San Francisco Chronicle.
"I've said that it's his job and we'll see how it goes," Cable said of Russell. "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."
Garcia missed much of training camp with a calf injury, finally making it to practice last week.
But even though Garcia has yet to push Russell, Garcia still can give the first overall pick from the 2007 draft a much-needed nudge.
And we're not prepared to rule out the same kind of spot duty that Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt employed a couple of years ago in Arizona, using Kurt Warner as a relief pitcher of sorts as Matt Leinart continued to (not) develop.
JaMarcus will start for the Raiders in Week One
Posted by Mike Florio on August 23, 2009 9:18 PM ET
If Al Davis kicks the bucket before the start of the season then the Raiders may have a chance to win this year. If not then Jafatass Russell will be the starter and will bring the team down faster than he can shovel big macs into his mouth.
From the "This just in." file.
No s#!t. Slow night?
I'm usually highly critical of JaMarcus but he looked good and comfortable yesterday vs. San Francisco. Besides his stumble over his own feet routine, he put the cannon on display.
I hope he succeeds.
Yanked ? Florio did you wathc the game or were you watching seinfeld? Jamarcus had just trown a td the drive before. Florio why do you word it like there was some issue with Jamarcus performance? You are being a turd.
"JaMarcus will start for the Raiders in Week One"
And in other news tomorrow is expected to be Monday August 24, 2009.
Oh and trees are expected to still have leaves on them.
Zangy...... Jafatass ha ha ha and he will bring the team down faster than he can shovel big macs into his mouth that was freakin hilarious........the first 25 times i heard it.. Way to think for yourself and bring some useful insight in on your comments. Holy crap are you kidding me you wasted your time on that. Wow! And i think everyone knew he was going to start for the last 8 months or so. And Zangy im just giving you a bad time man it really would have been funny..... If i was like 9 years old or something. Dumb @$$!
If there was a QB who got shortchanged last night it was Charlie Frye. The plan going into the night, per news reports, was that Russell would start the game, Garcia would get some 2nd period snaps, Gradkowski had the 3rd and Frye would have the 4th.
Russell didn't get "yanked" anymore than every single other starter in the NFL did in every single one of the preseason games that have been played so far. Keep in mind, the Raiders have 4 able QBs to meter playing time out to.
Florio, you know better. Butt-face.
All y'all hatin' on the raiders cuz you're jealous that they finish at the top of the draft every year no doubt! Seriously, what is there to hate about the raiders they absolutely suck.
Good for Russell.
The thing that worries me is his laid back southern attitude. Either he's good at keeping cool -- when he says the world isn't going to end when he has an atrocious practice/game -- or he doesn't care.
Lets see if he earns the monster contract that was dropped in his 6-5, 270 pound frame.
But here's the kicker ladies and gentleman:
In the world of the NFL there is only one goal. if you don't win the Super Bowl that given year, then the season was a FAILURE.
There can only be ONE successful team and the rest, we'll, they're failures.
Raiders fans are in denile they used to be the coolest fans but HONESTLY Jamarcus Russell sucks! He is a great combine qb. But on the field he is dumb and useless. Another terrible qb project like Culpepper. The only reason it took people so long to realize Culpepper sucked was Randy Moss was so amazing!
These dumbo 255 lbs qb's stink and it shows!
Proof of this crap and that power arms are useless unless you are smart and accurate lies within the league
Perfect examples of that intelligence and accuracy mean more are: Drew Brees and Chad Pennington!
I love these idiots that don't watch the games ripping on JaMarcus.
Does he have to improve more? Yes!
Has he improved? Hell yes!
JaMarcus is far from the reason that the Raiders will suck this year. The run defense is god awful.
Can't wait till he owns the arc west...
@ the real deal ,
guess you missed the Super Bowl last year, lol. Just saying.
Tough to be Bay Area sports fan.
I can laugh all day about the Raiders, but when I look at my beloved 49ers, the laughing stops. We're in no better shape.
But I'll reiterate what I posted earler:
In the world of the NFL there is only one goal. if you don't win the Super Bowl that given year, then the season was a FAILURE.
There can only be ONE successful team and the rest, we'll, they're failures.
So Cable says "Maybe we could get him to improve a little bit more." Do ya think so Tom, kinda of no brainer!!!
Two possibilities here:
1) Florio likes aggravating Raiders fans with stupid comments because it causes a backlash and keeps the page views flowing. "Yanked?" You're right, Mike. Franchise QBs generally play all 4 quarters in a meaningless preseason game. And it's common for players to get "yanked" immediately after throwing a TD pass and posting about a 120 QB rating for the night.
2) Florio has a man-crush on Jeff Garcia. PFT has been carrying on this charade that there's a real QB controversy in Oakland for FAR too long.
zangy says:
August 23, 2009 9:33 PM
If Al Davis kicks the bucket before the start of the season then the Raiders may have a chance to win this year.
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Now there is an intelligent post.
Zangy is going to wake up tomorrow morning... Scratch is balls for about 39 seconds, smell his fingers, pull a pubic hair off his index finger, and then flick it off the side of the bed.
Then he is going to jump out of bed, go to the bathroom, look in the mirror, smile, and then use that same index finger to pick out mashed up BBQ potato chips from between his two front teeth.
He will then take a shit, burp, and do a one wipe.
By the time the water is boiling for his instant coffee, his ass will begin to itch because he did a one wipe.
He will ignore the itch... log onto his computer and click his P.F.T. link with excitement to see if anyone responded to his "Al Davis Should Die Comment."
Now you are reading this... So do me a favor.
Stop stirring you're instant coffee with your index finger. It is disgusting.
Just like your comment.
If Cable still thinks that there should be a QB competition between Russell and Garcia and he is dissapointed that Garcia has not been able to compete then all he has to do is pop in the tape of week 17 last year Oakland @ Tampa Bay where Russell clearly outperformed Garcia.
Suck on that Florio...!
From the Real Deal:
"Raiders fans are in denile "
Are you saying we fell in a river in Egypt?
Did you mean DENIAL?
Learn to spell 3rd grader.
JRuss looked pretty good, and has looked pretty good this preseason.
He tripped over DMC's foot. Watch the replay. You'd think that the networks would have a guy like me with a DVR on stand by to update the brain-dead announcers as to what just actually happened.
it's a pretty well known fact in the NFL that it is in a qb's 2 nd year of starting is when the progress should show. It is during this year to see what he has. So for all the haters who bash J-Russ, I say just wait until this season....this is his season to shine or stink... in all fairness to him it's hard to complete a pass when you are lying on your back.....(bye bye Kwame Harris)
"And we're not prepared to rule out the same kind of spot duty that Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt employed a couple of years ago in Arizona, using Kurt Warner as a relief pitcher of sorts as Matt Leinart continued to (not) develop."
I would say that's a pretty solid assumption. If you look back a few years in Oakland's history, to a time when we had Aaron Brooks, Andrew Walter and Daunte Cullpepper. It was a revolving door for the QB position, even going so far as changing several times in a single game.
Russell better not for a second assume that he's got the position lock, stock and barrel. He's skating on fairly thin ice as it is (and for a guy his size, that's scary), from his rocky, hold-out start, to his lackluster performances since he started taking snaps on the field. He keeps laying back and half-assing it at the QB position, and he'll find himself in the same position as Leinart.