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JaMarcus Russell pre-draft hype


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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1005/nfl.jamarcus.russell.hype/content.1.html

That right there is why none of us should worry about the poo they say about Clausen.

My favorite one:

"JaMarcus Russell is going to immediately energize that fanbase, that football team -- on the practice field, in that locker room. Three years from now you could be looking at a guy that's certainly one of the elite top five quarterbacks in this league. ...You're talking about a 2-3 year period once he's under center. Look out because the skill level that he has is certainly John Elway-like."

- Mel Kiper"

lol.

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"JaMarcus Russell is going to immediately energize that fanbase, that football team -- on the practice field, in that locker room. Three years from now you could be looking at a guy that's certainly one of the elite top five quarterbacks in this league. ...You're talking about a 2-3 year period once he's under center. Look out because the skill level that he has is certainly John Elway-like."

- Mel Kiper

Well, he was spot on with the bolded parts. I mean, neither of them lasted very long but still. :P

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hindsight is 20/20 can we please now all look at what all the huddlers said about Eric Shelton and Dwayne Jarrett?

were they the #1 overall pick?

and the difference there is the huddlers are just football fans, talking about players their team drafted. these guys CAREERS revolve on analyzing players, this was just a hilarious failure.

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I dont know why everyone is laughing. Kiper raved even more about Jimmy Cluasen than any other QB coming out of the draft in recent history. This should make people worry since Kiper is obviously an idiot right?

nah. it just proves that no one can accurately predict how a player will do.

it's just a funny article.

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Truthfully though, if Jamarcus had not gotten lazy and fat, his cieling was very high.

He had a cannon arm, decent to good accuaracy, huge frame, and was still pretty mobile. Unfortuanately the only attribute that he improved upon in the NFL was his huge frame.

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Mike Mayock, NFLN:

"This year, I can't get over how good and talented JaMarcus Russell is. It just blew me away. If I had the first, second, third, fourth, fifth pick in that draft, I would be tearing apart his personal life trying to figure out whether or not I could trust this kid with $10-million ... From a physical skill set perspective, I've never seen a college quarterback with more ability than Russell. You put the tape on and it's frightening. The only thing that's going to keep [Russell] from being great is him. What it comes down to is you've got to figure out whether or not this kid wants to be the best quarterback in football. If he wants to be the best quarterback in football, he can be."

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He needs to lose 40-50 lbs. and get his head in the game. hes such an idiot and it pisses me off a bit. He got paid all that money and didn't do anything to help himself. fat lard. maybe getting cut will teach him something. I just hope no one overpays him

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Mayock

The only thing that's going to keep [Russell] from being great is him. What it comes down to is you've got to figure out whether or not this kid wants to be the best quarterback in football. If he wants to be the best quarterback in football, he can be.

Too true. Russell has everything you want in a QB, he's only missing the desire to play QB.

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He needs to lose 40-50 lbs. and get his head in the game. hes such an idiot and it pisses me off a bit. He got paid all that money and didn't do anything to help himself. fat lard. maybe getting cut will teach him something. I just hope no one overpays him

it didn't do anything. he had an interview with NFL network after the cut, and sounded like he didn't give a poo. he said he was going to 'take a break' from professional football. take a break from what? he was a backup half the season, and training camp hasn't even started.

he is everything that's wrong with professional sports.

edit- yup, Mayock is once again proving why he's the smartest analyst out there. no idea why he isn't working for some front office, he would get millions.

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