When quarterback JaMarcus Russell put on his No.2 Raiders jersey after signing a six-year deal with $30 million of guarantee money in 2007, he might be expecting a star career to begin.
As the No. 1 overall pick in the draft that year, Russell had the reason to believe that he was a sure thing. But things don't seem to be what he had been expecting. Charlie Frye is getting the starting job for this weekend’s game against the Denver Broncos. Russell did not make good use of his chance when he was named the starter for last weekend’s game to replace injured Bruce Gradkowski but he only gave a poor performance, which caused the team to turn to Frye.
And Gradkowski has not been put on injured reserve yet, although the team described his injury as torn MCLs. And it seemed that the team is planning to have him return by Dec. 27 and start against the Cleveland Browns. With Gradkowski getting back his starting job, it is just even more unlikely that Russell could be starter again.
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