QUARTERBACK — C+
JaMarcus Russell followed up his solid outing in Denver with an up-and-down performance at home. At times, he looked in full control of the offense and showed off his stellar arm with nice tosses. On play action in the first half, he executed a nice 28-yard pass on a corner route to Miller and he repeated his accuracy with a 21-yard toss to his tight end on a crossing pattern. Other times, he overthrew Ronald Curry on what could’ve been a score on 4th and 3 in the …

QUARTERBACK — B+
JaMarcus Russell was an efficient 10/11 for 152 yards with one touchdown toss. A week after a death in his family and after Tom Cable raved about his practices leading up the game; the young passer was poised and led the team with his solid outing. With Cable, the Raiders are stretching the field more to suit his abilities. Today, the 51-yard pass to Ashley Lelie was put where his receiver can make a play on it and on a pass to the former Bronco for 22 yards, …

As the first pre-season NFL game nears, the Oakland Raiders depth chart is beginning to take shape. With that, players who see themselves on “the bubble” begin to prepare for what might be their last dress rehearsal.
Here are some of the highlights of Tuesday’s practice:

Wide receiver Jonathan Holland hauled in an intermediate pass for a completion. This would normally not be a note-worthy reference, but the fact is that Holland has been dropping several sure-handed attempts since camp began.
Wide receiver Drisan James caught a well thrown play-action touchdown pass in …

Training Camp Notes (7/27/08)

The offensive tackles have improved slightly since yesterday. However, there were till a couple of false starts. Paul McQuistan and Mario Henderson were penalized with laps for their mistakes.
Wide receiver Jonathan Holland executed a beautiful diving catch on a deep route with a defender on his hip.
Stanford Routt jumped wide receiver Drew Carter’s route and got a diving …