September 11th, 2007
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
JaMarcus Russell agreed in principle last night to a six-year contract that will guarantee him in the neighborhood of $30 million in the richest signing ever for a rookie. JaMarcus met with the Raiders today and was hashing out final details of the contract. The paperwork needs to […]
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August 26th, 2007
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
After drafting JaMarcus Russell with the first overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders assumed their quarterbacking questions had been answered. They had found the face of their franchise. Three games into the preseason, they still don’t know who their starting QB will be.
With JaMarcus […]
By David Kindervater -- 1 comment
August 1st, 2007
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
After drafting LSU QB JaMarcus Russell with the very first pick back in April, the Oakland Raiders had their quarterback of the future. With training camp now underway, that quarterback is still at his home in Mobile, Alabama negotiating a contract while Andrew Walter and Josh McCown split […]
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May 30th, 2007
Oakland WR Jerry Porter is going to keep wearing uniform number 84. After finding out it was going to cost him $210,000 (in order to reimburse the Raiders and Reebok for the cost of the unsold jerseys) to change his number to 81, Jerry decided it was just too costly:
“Man, there’s a couple of nice […]
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March 17th, 2007
The rumors of Green Bay’s interest in Oakland Raiders WR Randy Moss over the past few weeks is absurd. The last thing this young, talented, upstart Packers team needs is a diva wide receiver with a “me-first” attitude. Sure, they need a talented vertical threat, but they don’t need this one. And I know this […]
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