Jamarcus Russell is a good quarterback, but most of the country will never know it. I know the vast majority of the people who will read this don’t actually live in Oakland, so you guys don’t get to watch every painful Raider game like I do… but it’s even worse than you can imagine. The 30 second highlight clips on SportsCenter don’t even begin to convey the abomination that is The Raiders

One thing that drives me up the wall is anyone implying that Russell is a bust. Do you HONESTLY think Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, or Trent Edwards would be having the season they’re having if they were in Oakland? For your sake, I hope you don’t. I’m not blind, I fully recognize Russell needs to improve his footwork and mechanics (which in turn affects his accuracy), but these things are really small potatoes when you roll out the scroll of problems the Raiders face.

It’s downright impossible for a rookie quarterback to grab the reigns of the most dysfunctional franchise in ALL of professional sports and succeed. I can’t think of enough adjectives to describe just how bad this team is.

An NFL game lasts 60 minutes. The Oakland Raiders had the ball for FOURTEEN of them yesterday… thats it! By the time the game was over, the Raiders compiled less than 100 yards of offense. The most frustrating part is that the team is spilling over with talent. However, the pitiful front office and the powerful culture of losing that wafts through the air dooms these guys before they even take the field.