ibabuzz.com - 3/10/2008
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You may have noticed in a CNN-SI column by Don Banks a rather heavy reference to quarterback JaMarcus Russell.
“At this point, quarterback is again a concern, because no one knows if JaMarcus Russell is ready to take over the starting job. There are rumors that he’s close to 300 pounds and not exactly prepared for his close-up,” Banks writes.
Russell’s weight was ...
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JaMarcus Russell Could Need a Richard Simmons Intervention
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... Apparently, Russell isn't so grotesquely overweight that he's remained virtually invisible this off-season. According the Oakland Tribune's Jerry McDonald, nobody's seen Russell since January and therefore it's, you know, kinda hard to gauge exactly what he looks like. "I talked to someone else in the organization whose business it would be to know Russell's current level of conditioning, and got nothing but a shrug. Didn't have a clue." ...
Good News: JaMarcus Russell Won't Need to Get Fitted for New Uniform, Cosby Sweaters
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... Well, even though one team official told the Oakland Tribune's Jerry McDonald that he "didn't have a clue" what Russell had been up to or what he might weigh, we now know that he ...
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Did Jamarcus Get Fat? —
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In college, Jamarcus Russell had a hard time keeping his weight down. Some are speculating that he’s been to McDonald’s a few too many times this offseason and that his weight is up to 300 lbs.
According the Oakland Tribune ’s Jerry McDonald, nobody’s seen Russell since January and therefore it’s, you know, kinda hard to gauge exactly what he looks ...
MORE ON JAMARCUS —
ProFootballTalk.com
Never before has the weight of an NFL quarterback created so much controversy.
Don Banks of SI.com stirred up a hornets’ nest on Sunday by floating a rumor, with which we then foolishly ran, that Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell has been loading up on the Russell-Stovers, to the point where he was pushing 300 pounds.
We then [...]
RUMOR OF RUSSELL WEIGHT GAIN DISPUTED —
ProFootballTalk.com
In response to our posting of a rumor from Don Banks of SI.com that Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell is closing in on 300 pounds, a league source says that Russell isn’t close to 300 pounds, and that his weight is south of 275.
Russell’s listed weight is 255.
Last year, Russell caused a mini-stir at the Scouting [...]
