Cable: talks Russell and states, “There’s a lot of football left.”
Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable addressed the media this morning and updated the status of a few players. He stated that, “ Nick Miller is making some progress….”
He also mentioned receiver Chaz Schilens, who was expected to play against the Jets but suffered a late setback. “Schilens, we’ll see, he’s still pretty sore today,” stated Cable.
Cable informed the media that running back Darren McFadden and offensive linemen Robert Gallery and Cornell Green are improving and that he’ll know Wednesday or Thursday at the latest for their status next weekend against the San Diego Chargers.
In a look back at yesterday’s loss, Cable stated, “We had a number of errors, misalignments on defense. Fifteen missed tackles on defense. Offensively, we turned the ball over three times early in the football game and I thought two out of the three, we really could’ve done something about it, and didn’t.”
When asked whether he felt sure that JaMarcus Russell gave the team the best chance to win versus the Chargers, Cable answered, “Sure I am.”
“He is a strong young man, and I applaud him for that. You want to keep him that way,” Cable commented about the benching on Sunday. “I think he’s trying to bear it, and be strong with it.”
“He’ll learn form this and he’ll grow.”
Cable stated towards the end of the session that, “There’s a lot of football left. I still know that this team is going to succeed this year. To what degree, that will be decided in the next 9 weeks, 10 weeks.” He continued, “the biggest issue for us right now is making sure we take care of each other and this football team.”
