Favre, Vick Sagas Emphasize JaMarcus Russell’s Importance to Raiders

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Published: August 20, 2009

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... that the Oakland Raiders have reached a stress-free level unknown to them in recent years.

Thanks to newfound stability at head coach and quarterback, the Raiders are finally starting to shed the controversies that had become commonplace for them.

A team’s most important player is its starting quarterback, and it sends a bad message to the fans and players in Minnesota and Philadelphia when their teams are seen scrambling to land long shots at that position.

Bringing in a player off the street who threatens the current starter in the middle of preseason is bound to rattle a team. After all, you don’t see passengers being called up to the cockpit as a plane takes off.

How much confidence can a team have if they know their quarterback isn’t good enough to definitively hold off someone who wasn’t even in ...

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