Oakland Raiders: Did Paul Hackett Even Try With JaMarcus Russell?

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Published: October 13, 2009

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... year he seemed to have regressed to the ability of a sloppy rookie.

His footwork his ugly as ever. His accuracy is often off and too many passes are too high for receivers. His pocket presence is horrible as he often locks on to receivers and looks unaware of the pass rush as if he actually expects his make-shift offensive line to do there job.

So aside from Russell, who is to blame for this? How about the QB coach? Is it not Paul Hackett'd job to coach footwork, accuracy, and pocket presence?

With Russell's footwork accuracy and pocket presence looking even worse than last year, I doubt Hackett even tried to coach Russell.

And why would he? He already had two of his own guys on the roster. Both Bruce Gradkowski and Jeff Garcia spent the last few years under Hackett's mentorship.

What I'm suggesting is Hackett had his ulterior motives from the beginning and never cared about Russell's development enough to properly coach him. He h...

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