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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 into the regular season if they could. Russell made his first public appearance as the Raiders quarterback since last Dec. 30, the day he ... [link]

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Terrell Owens on Flava Flav’s show
Published 5/16/2008 at Goal-Line Stand
... • Michael Strahan’s playing games with the media . • Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk thinks someone needs to get axed at the Boston Herald for the story that claimed there was a tape of the Rams’ Super Bowl walk-through in 2002. Sorry Mike, but if every journalist who published a story with a source that let them down was fired, we’d have very few left. • Adam Schefter says the Falcons and rookie quarterback Matt Ryan are negotiating. • Javon Walker says he’s healthy . • For now… for now … Justin Fargas is the Raiders’ starting running back ...

Javon Walker: JaMarcus Russell Reminds Me of Brett Favre. No, Really
Published 5/16/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... with the lame generalizations the fans and media have grown so comfortable in making. When the Raiders used the first-overall pick of the 2007 draft to take quarterback JaMarcus Russell, he was immediately compared to Daunte Culpepper. Presumably because both are north of 250 pounds, and possess big arms, but also because, in case you missed it, they're black. Me, I liked the Russell-Jared Lorenzen parallel, but that never caught on for some reason. Walker has his own thoughts: As for playing with Russell, Walker compared it to his ...

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