According to the Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable, last year’s starting quarterback JaMarcus Russell will have to win his starting job back with proven ability and better performance than another quarterback, Bruce Gradkowski, who filled in the starting quarterback when Russell was sidelined with injuries last season.
Cable made the comment during a media session Tuesday at the annual league meetings. He reiterated that Russell is working out with the team and won’t be handed anything.
"I think that it’s like anything in life, you can bring that on yourself," Cable told reporters. "If you want to not let that be who you are, then you need to do something about it. So you change. The fact that he’s there working is really important right now. That’s the biggest step right now, and that’s a big step."
That stance is considered to be reasonable as Russell failed to live up to expectation since putting on the Raiders jerseys as a first over-all draft pick out of LSU in 2007. While he had 1,287 passing yards, 3 touchdowns with an average of 107.2 yards per game and QB rating of 50% during the 12 games he started last season, Gradkowski had 1,007 passing yards, six touchdowns with an average of 143.9 yards per game and QB rating of 80.6% in the seven games he played in.
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