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December 9th, 2007

Green Bay Packers Clinch NFC North Title

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After a complete game 38-7 drubbing of the Oakland Raiders today, it’s easy to say the Green Bay Packers are balanced. Brett Favre may be having an MVP-type season, but he’s getting a lot of help. Let me count the ways:

The running game that was absent earlier in […]

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November 9th, 2007

Should the Raiders Start JaMarcus Russell?

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It might be time for the Oakland Raiders to consider starting rookie (and franchise) quarterback JaMarcus Russell. Here’s my main concern. The Raiders stink at fundamentals and it wouldn’t matter who the QB was when you’re committing the most holding and false start penalties in the NFL.
Daunte […]

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September 12th, 2007

JaMarcus Russell Practices With Raiders

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As you can see, Oakland Raiders rookie QB JaMarcus Russell was all smiles at his press conference today. I can understand why. The official numbers of his richest-ever rookie contract: six-years, $61 million with $29 million guaranteed. He practiced today, but I predicted he might not even see […]

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August 26th, 2007

JaMarcus Russell Continues Holdout, Daunte Culpepper Takes Over Oakland Raiders

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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 […]

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May 30th, 2007

84 Slumber: Porter Won’t Change Number

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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