JaMarcus Russell out as Raiders QB
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)—The Oakland Raiders have pulled quarterback JaMarcus Russell(notes) in the second quarter after he committed three turnovers in the first half against the New York Jets.
Bruce Gradkowski(notes) replaced Russell with the Raiders trailing 21-0 midway through the second quarter Sunday. Russell lost a fumble and threw two interceptions before leaving, giving him 13 turnovers this season.
Russell, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 draft, has been booed recently by the frustrated home crowd in Oakland as he has failed to complete even half his passes this season.

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i said i appreciate , you sling it to the end !
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team merchandise being sold, no food and drinks being sold and poor parking revenues. What better way to get a message out to the team ,,,,,,,,no money in take , at two home games . Not to mention two blackouts will cause serious damage to revenue taken in. This is a statement to the team , a threat confirming
we the fans of the Oakland Raiders will not stand for management making a mockery of this once iconic team . They dose not think so , but we can severely
hurt this team by not spending the money at home games . It is only fitting , we
conduct our only mutiny . this team as all the other NFL teams , rely on the fans and their money . If you purchase a defective car , you go straight to the dealer
and demand the problem corrected . If you buy a steak at the grocery store and
it is spoiled , you march right back to the grocer and demand your money back or you never shop at these places again . This is the same scenario . Dont
pay into their wallets !
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I AGREE THAT BRUCE GRADKOWSKI SHOW TAKE RUSSEL'S PLACE AS QB
AND NUFF SAID...
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we suck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you all know who you are and this should make you smile!
I still will carry the banner , I am still Silver n Black till I die !!!!!!!!!!! and I am going to take my lumps ! I cant control what my team will do every week , I
am not the coach , who I thought back in preseason and the last 4 games of last season , had the ability to turn things around . I'm not so sure now ! but let it be
known I will slap back with avengence against any sh!t talking fool that attempts to ruffle my feathers ! at the same time i appreciate you mofo's also ! If my team
decides to lay down , you all know i wont ! To all my foes whos teams have won last sunday , good for you ! at least some of us has hope for a winning season !
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Why?
How the mighty have fallen.
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poor, poor Coaching !!!!! our Raiders team doesn't have an Identity !!!! we can't play football...................
keep loosing games baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more and more black out games in Oakland ..................................
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Al Davis was a great owner and can be again if he would just wake up and realize that it is 2009 not 1975, so until Al let's go of that philosphy he has on running this team the team will not change. I know for a fact that this the problem with the team.
It is not all on Russell. I agree that he has played real bad and was glad to see him benched Sunday. I was at the game and believe me the crowd was ready to walk out of that game if Russell was not taken out of the game. Actually I think the crowd was ready to do something much worst to Russell then just walk out.
These thoughts are not just mine I have friends that play for the Raiders I will not mention their names but during our conversations yesterday after the game this is what we talked about.
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1) Gruden makes the call for every play in game not Al David
2) Gruden must be a coach and General manager also Gruden has all the decisions for all the picks.
3) Higher pay check (since a lot of NFL teams also want Gruden)
4) Gruden has all the power in games.
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GO BACK TO LA!!!!!!
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Get rid of Russell. Go find a known factor, like Garcia.
Get rid of Al as the daily decision maker.
Sell the team this summer and move it to LA, and get Pete Carroll to coach. If he won't come over, get Neuheisal. Either one would be fine.
In the mean time, get rid of Cable too and put Flores back as interum coach. If he won't do it, call Gruden back short term, hell maybe even long term.
OR hire Micky Mouse because ANYONE would be better than what we have now!
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