QUARTERBACK — B-
 JaMarcus Russell followed last week’s solid performance with more steps forward toward his development. He showed great accuracy along with his arm strength today. More importantly, he went through his progressions and didn’t lock in on his targets. Russell’s interception in the 4th quarter was careless, as he put too much air underneath that toss intended for his tight end. He stayed with the play and made the tackle on Sabby Piscitelli 84-yards later, but more importantly, he responded with a 3-play 66-yard drive that ended in a …

On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-6) will need a win against the Oakland Raiders (4-11) and a Dallas loss to advance into the playoffs. “When you’re 9-3 at one point and you’re a couple of wins away from the playoffs, and now we’re fighting just to get in … it’s tough looking at it,” commented running back Warrick Dunn.
For Oakland, draft positioning is all that is at stake and looking forward to what may be one of the busiest off-seasons in terms of shaking up the roster and finding …

DeMarcus Davis, Staff Writer/SBReport.net
Sunday December 21, 2008
Oakland, CA - The last game in Oakland for the season and before Christmas, the Oakland Raiders desperately wanted a win and a win is what they would get and in BIG TIME fashion.
Oakland won the toss and elected to receive first and kick returner Justin Miller brings the ball out to Oakland’s 36-yard line. Immediately, the Raiders came out of the gates, first with a brilliant JaMarcus Russell scramble and pass to TE Zach Miller for 21-yards. Then, after a wonderful mix of …

QUARTERBACK — D
A game of peaks and valleys for JaMarcus Russell; with far more bad play than good in a contest that got out of hand early. He ended 17-of-31 for 242 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. Due to the Patriots jumping out in front, the Raiders opened up the playbook and let Russell throw it around. Today he was wildly inaccurate in spots, overthrowing Chaz Schilens on a slant in the 1st quarter and then making poor decisions; going down the field to Schilens when he had an …

QUARTERBACK — D-
JaMarcus Russell left the game in the 2nd quarter with a right ankle injury and according to the the NFL Network; x-rays taken at the stadium were reported to be negative. He was 9-of-13 for 68 yards and was accountable for three turnovers (2 interceptions and 1 fumble), which led to 17 points for the Chargers. Russell’s first interception was thrown into an area with three defenders and was one of the few tosses in 2008 that showed his immaturity in reading coverages. Andrew Walter came on in …

San Diego, CA - If the Oakland Raiders were looking to finally exercise the demons of losing to San Diego for the last 10 meetings, then the Silver & Black will need to do a few things:

Run the ball successfully
Stop the Chargers from running
Put an end to stupid penalties
Open up the offensive playbook
Attack on defense

Predictably, Oakland would manage to not check off a single point of …

In his first full year as a starter, JaMarcus Russell has not been able to display the talent that made him the no. 1 overall choice in the 2007 NFL draft.
With the struggles of the offense, the changing of coaches and the lack of performers around him, its been hard for Russell to make his mark. And after weeks of not finding the end zone and even missing his first game due to injury, words like ‘bust’ began to creep in the head of Raider fans.
Especially when other young passers …

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, …

MIAMI, FL – The Miami Dolphins opened the second half in their ‘wildcat’ formation with runs by Ricky Williams for 2 yards and Ronnie Brown for 5 yards before Chad Pennington lobbed a pass that should’ve been picked off into the hands of Gibril Wilson.
After the Dolphins punted, Oakland came out passing, as JaMarcus Russell hit Tony Stewart for 11 yards to start their possession. Vonnie Holliday sacked Russell for a loss of 6 two plays later and on 3rd and 16, Ronald Curry hauled in a 8 yard …

For the Oakland Raiders, rookie running back Darren McFadden will miss his third straight contest, designated inactive for today’s game versus the Carolina Panthers.
Oakland will start Andrew Walter today, as JaMarcus Russell was also on the inactive list along with WR Ronald Curry, OL James Marten and OL John Wade.
On defense, Derrick Burgess will sit again along with linebacker Ricky Brown.
Sam Williams will start today in place of Brown, who was replaced by Robert Thomas last week before he was injured and eventually placed on injured reserve.
Kalimba Edwards will be …