Mark Purdy: Former Raiders QB JaMarcus Russell's tale still sad,…

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1 pick of the 2007 NFL draft JaMarcus Russell spoke to Sports Illustrated recently, his first public words in who knows how long. Russell was released by the Raiders in May 2010 after being benched the previous season.

As JaMarcus Russell sees it, he wasn't solely at fault as the losses piled up for the Raiders, and he reached the point where football wasn't fun. More So Palmer's task this week will be to learn the offense, build a rapport on and off the field

JaMarcus Russell is finally having his say about his aborted NFL career in Oakland. But if he thinks the feeble defences he put forth for his woeful attempt at a career in the upcoming edition of Sports Illustrated will help earn him another one,

With all the talk of replacing Jason Campbell, it's hard not to think of the very unemployed JaMarcus Russell who, as far as we know, is back in Baton Rouge finishing up his degree in … uh … “general studies.” But while the Raiders organization has