Russell begins Year 2 with Raiders

 

Published 5/15/2008 by Associated Press at SportingNews.com NFL News and Exclusive Analysis

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) -- JaMarcus Russell just laughed when he heard reports that his weight had ball... [link]

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Return of “Big Boy”

Goal-Line Stand found this 5/16/2008 on www.ibabuzz.com

Aside from one ball that slipped out of his hand as he dropped back to pass, there were no glaring errors from JaMarcus Russell Thursday, and no sensational plays either. On balance, the Raiders would probably take that level of performance right ...
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Raiders Silver and Black Blog : JaSkinny Russell, Curry surgery and more OTA news

ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog found this 5/16/2008 on www.sfgate.com

Plenty of Raiders news to breakdown from the first day of access to OTA practice. Here are some quick hits. Since rookies aren't allowed to attend until next week, there won't be a Darren McFadden update. 1. Quarterback JaMarcus Russell looks slim in ...
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Oakland Raiders QB JaMarcus Russell Is In Shape

thefootballwire posted 5/16/2008 from www.thefootballwire.com

Russell is reportedly 269 lbs and looking good. He says he never reached 300 lbs this off-season.
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Raiders QB Russell in good shape and practicing well

ProFootballTalk.com found this 5/16/2008 on www.mercurynews.com

First came a report that Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell had ballooned to 320 pounds. Then another, and another, until it almost became an accepted fact.
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Oakland Raiders OTA answers questions, but leaves new ones

RaiderSithLord posted 5/17/2008 from mvn.com

The coverage of the organized team activities at the Oakland Raiders’ facility has centered around JaMarcus Russell’s weight, or lack thereof. There are the cursory mentions of the few players who did not take part in these voluntary workouts, which is surprising that no one is claiming that Derrick Burgess or Nnamdi Asomugha is holding out as of yet. There are concerns rearing their head on ...
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