Post game talk: JaMarcus Russell after the Raiders loss in New York
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Here are some quotes from JaMarcus Russell after the Oakland Raiders 44-7 defeat at the hands of the New York Giants:
About the team’s effort:
Ah, we was kind of behind the eight ball once again. But, I think we kept fighting till the end. We played against a great football team today. And it showed, especially when we was not moving the football like we should and you have to strike some sort of way against a team that, goes out, good defense, offense is moving the ball. Our offense, we just have to show up.
I asked him about the frustration, every week the offense not producing and going up against a tough Giants’ defense:
It really can’t be explained man. We say we are not far on certain plays, but not far is not going to get us where we need to be.
We need to be there, much closer than what we are.
Talking to Gerard Warren during the game:
Telling me just to keep fighting, stick in there…
He does that a lot. He just tells me that he was going to go out there and keep fighting just to get us the ball back so we can move forward as an offense.
I then asked if he felt the pressure today applied by the Giants and if he felt comfortable behind the offensive line:
At the time man, you don’t really pay attention of who’s in. When a guy is out, it’s a better situation for the guy coming in, to show what he could do to help. And I expect that out of each and every one of the guys that came in the game. So, I don’t really pay much attention to it, I just continue to do what I can do and control what I can control.
We played against a good group today.
On locking in on receivers and whether he can feel the pressure:
Locked in, you know, Most of the time you feel it and you kind of get away from it.
[Giants] were just making plays today…
What possible good can come out of this game?
The good things we did today. That’s always a plus. It may not seem like it at the time, but there is always a plus to look from it. Hopefully, we can gain a lot from it and keep fighting. It’s got to be a brighter day. At the end of that tunnel, there has to be a brighter light.
What would be some of the good things to focus on?
On certain plays when you can tell the guy is making the right step on a block or anything positive you can pull out of what we did today.
About being fined, being overweight:
That was sort of the first day that I came to practice [back in camp]. Yeah, that’s over with.
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