So it's only fair to go after the Oakland Raiders. How in the flying hell do they expect JaMarcus Russell to succeed with two rookie receivers starting? Russell has taken a lot of criticizing, and it's definitely warranted. But the Raiders are putting him in position to fail, not succeed. No QB could have success with Darrius Heyward-Bey and Louis Murphy (who's a lot better than Heyward-Bey, by the way) as the starting receivers. I realize Chaz Schilens is injured, but when Chaz Schilens is that important to your team things have gone horribly wrong. This is such a failure of personnel it rivals what the Browns have done, surrounding their QBs with Braylon Edwards and whole lot of nothing.
Rich Gannon said more than once today that when Russell throws the Zach Miller, his completion percentage goes up. Well I wonder why that is? Gannon never said it, but it should be obvious that it's because Zach Miller is actually a good player while the Raiders continue to field the worst receiving corps in the NFL. This is not to absolve Russell, who looks more and more like a bust every single week. But if you were to write the textbook on how to ruin a young QB, what the Raiders have done with Russell would be a good place to start.
-Long rookie holdout CHECK
- Subpar receiving corps CHECK
- Changes in coaching staff every offseason CHECK
I hope for the sake of Russell, Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson they all get the hell out off their current teams and can join franchises that know how to put QBs in position to succeed.
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