Y’all may not know this, but when Matt Millen, former President and CEO of the Detroit Lions, invited him into his office for a pre-draft interview. In this interview, Jamarcus kept staring down at his watch, prompting Millen to ask if he had anywhere to be. The second time he caught him staring at his watch, Millen demanded that he leave his office immediately and advised Al to not draft Jamarcus. When the WORST GM of the modern era of sports (31-84, .270 winning percentage) says he wants nothing to do with you, you know you done stepped in it.

@TheKing60210

8 ай бұрын

Bro that is a crazy story. As a Vikings fan, I never even knew about it

@travisknoll

8 ай бұрын

@@TheKing60210 dude, Millen sent JaMarcus to Coach Marinelli’s office, and he GOT THROWN OUT OF THERE TOO for not paying attention.

@thequixoticangler3364

8 ай бұрын

Get the facts right. He'd already been told by Raiders people he was going 1. They decided that at the combine. He acted disinterested because the secret was out, and Millen called him in anyway. He didn't want to be there because he already knew he'd be off the board. Edit - Millen was hoping that by trashing Russell to Al Davis, he'd avoid him so Detroit could grab him. They set him up to look lazy so they could draft him. They wasted Megatron. They would've started Russell right away and ruined him sooner than what actually happened.

@davidkendrick4453

8 ай бұрын

Bullsh!t. That would have been a correct decision by Millen, and he never made any of those with the Lions.

@VicRattleHead28

8 ай бұрын

​@@thequixoticangler3364you have no idea what you're talking about.

Jamarcus Russel was my favorite Raiders QB ever! But then, I'm a Broncos fan.

@DontActuallyWannaDie

8 ай бұрын

I feel ya. Here's to hoping we win Sunday!

@samsilverman1319

8 ай бұрын

@@DontActuallyWannaDiewe lost

@GoldenGod69

8 ай бұрын

@@DontActuallyWannaDieRaiders own the broncos

@harryhanz1690

8 ай бұрын

@ejro2820 Sean Payton is about to really regret his latest life choices.

@DontActuallyWannaDie

8 ай бұрын

@@samsilverman1319 Yep... life is pain as a Broncos fan. We'll pick up the slack by the time we face the Raiders again... I hope.

People in the sports media keep asking Michael Lombardi for his opinions on QBs. Lombardi (not related to Vince) drafted both Jamarcus Russell and Johnny Football. He also said he would pass on Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers before their drafts. I wouldn't ask for his opinion on a high school QB.

@deoncarlton9096

7 ай бұрын

I would!! I wouldn’t draft anyone he say tho 😂😂😂 I would draft the opposite

@johnofmalta

2 ай бұрын

You are defaming the man. Michael Lombardi never had personnel control ever in his very successful career. Al Davis ran the raiders. Period. Lombardi was GM in name only with the browns. Joe Banner was president of football operations but Manziel was really a Jimmy Haslam pick. Read contemporary accounts of the browns debacle then. I (as a nobody) agree with Lombardi when says he doesn’t feel the need to address nobodies living in their mothers basement talking about things they know nothing about. No baseline knowledge. No foundational understanding. Now if you wanna talk about Lombardi’s excuse making for his buddies Belichick and Josh McDaniels then you got something. Try again. Do better

I once won a Super Bowl with the JaMarcus Russell Raiders in Madden 08

@Justin-hv7eu

8 ай бұрын

The closest the Raider will ever get is right here.

@jordandennis6794

8 ай бұрын

Then your Franchise save woke up

@drwang4884

8 ай бұрын

I mean he had all the talent in the world his awareness just maybe shoulda be like 25 😂 he does have highlights though and when he did play good he looked like the best qb in the league. It’s just that his highlights be like 4 minutes long

@GORILLA_PIMP

8 ай бұрын

Im assuming that was really hard to do?

@drwang4884

8 ай бұрын

@@GORILLA_PIMP he started at 82 overall with 99 throw power and decent accuracy he was a cheat code on streaks

Hearing @BlackFlagsMatter talk about football is a trip, man

@onebadghoulrhinomite2008

8 ай бұрын

Agreed

I knew a guy who was up at LSU on a recruiting trip like early on with Jamarcus. Dude was running a deep route and Jamarcus waves him deeper twice while running (means go deep and don’t slow up) and this dude was lightning fast. He said after that cannon of a throw the coaches were like yeah he is done for the day. He had insane natural talent

@packergeek10

8 ай бұрын

Yea that's the insane part. Had he had his head on straight and willing to put the work in he could have done so much better.

@robby1816

8 ай бұрын

@@packergeek10 I guess $31M payday was enough for him to retire then & there.

@koolkitties8552

8 ай бұрын

​@@robby1816 Yeah I'll bet all that money's going already just like Vincent young Went broke

@nestlund

8 ай бұрын

That money is definitely gone.

@JDCUSA

8 ай бұрын

He had insane table muscles.

Thank you JaMarcus Russell for being the first time I ever learned what Lean was

@deonlepharaoh

8 ай бұрын

I take the trill in your name doesn't imply you listen to Texas rap....lean is the foundation of h-town hip hop culture

@ripharambe4796

8 ай бұрын

lean legend

@elcee3292

8 ай бұрын

😂😂me too

@9mmtrilla

8 ай бұрын

@@deonlepharaoh fr bro lol

@Tmanwith3yearsofwork

8 ай бұрын

Cringe

Addiction and work ethic go hand in hand. Jamarcus could have been a dedicated student of the game when he was right, but when you're hooked on a substance like he was you only think about the next three hours, if even that. Great job separating the man from the NFL player and also being mindful of his personal issues.

@bradsanders407

8 ай бұрын

Not remotely true. Some of the best coworkers I've ever had were addicts. My grandpa best summed it up: "You got your hard working motherfucker and your lazy son of a bitch. Don't be a lazy son of a bitch"

@richboyprado

8 ай бұрын

Very well said. Didn’t help that his preference happens to be the weakest & most expensive way to intake opioids

@unkledoda420

8 ай бұрын

For a long time the NFL was full of people hooked on painkillers, plenty of them still went out and got the job done. Hell, some of the highest functioning, successful people I've ever known were hooked on something. He was an addict AND lazy, they don't always go hand in hand.

@mjwbulich

8 ай бұрын

​@@unkledoda420LT is almost universally regarded as the best defences

@9mmtrilla

8 ай бұрын

@@unkledoda420 How many were on that lean and sizzurp? We're not talking about the kush and tylenol your friends took, we're talking the Texas tea lean syrup...

My grandfather was a college and NBA coach. He always said there are 2 types of athletes, 1 wants to learn and work hard to hone his craft, the other relies on his natural athleticism to perform. Only 1 will make it in the pros, college both can get excel.

@cgh7337

6 ай бұрын

Justin Fields for the Bears is the 2nd type you described.

He was such a dog at LSU. His arm strength was just unbelievable. The ball just flew out of his hand

It shocks me that Secret Base when they were doing their "The Worst..." series, never did a video about JaMarcus Russell as the "Worst #1 NFL Draft Pick"

@saulspeaks2557

8 ай бұрын

Because those dudes are more about pushing agendas than actually analyzing sports. That's why their subs have maxed out.

@senororlando2

8 ай бұрын

@@saulspeaks2557what are you talking about? The only annoying agendas they’re pushing are the fumble dimension and letting Alex do voiceovers

@SuperSmashBrosKing33

8 ай бұрын

@@saulspeaks2557what agenda lol

@yankees2864

8 ай бұрын

@@saulspeaks2557 one video that displayed facts backed by data, but sure, "agenda", now go hit your wife/girlfriend, although on second thought your too much of an incel to have one.

@josephmozena7640

8 ай бұрын

@@SuperSmashBrosKing33 I assume he's still salty about the falcons/patriots video

My brother gave me a Jamarcus Russell jersey as a hand me down..lost it when I moved tbh

Just goes to show that Al Davis didn’t know squat about player evaluation but Lane Kiffin sure did.

Having met this man in person, I’ve gotta say, regardless of how his football career turned out, Jamarcus Russell is a great person.

@aaronaragon7838

5 ай бұрын

Its a shame we judge a man on his QB rating and not his character. Frankly, MLB is loaded with way more guys who never lived up to the money, but nobody cares about baseball anymore.

@anb7408

5 ай бұрын

Getting humbled by being classed the biggest draft bust in history plus overcoming drug addiction will do that.

@aaronaragon7838

5 ай бұрын

You ain't got two cents in your pocket so how would you know? Judge your own failings...

@bJT42

4 ай бұрын

@@anb7408 I met him when he was at LSU, he was passing out food during Hurricane Katrina, he’s always been a very humble person.

@bJT42

4 ай бұрын

@@aaronaragon7838 ?

JaMarcus Russell can throw the ball further out of bounds than any QB who has ever lived.

Coaches constantly conflate physical attributes with skill. Being big, fast, and having a great arm are physical attributes, not skills. The woods are full of guys with these attributes who never sniffed an NFL career. Now, being able to read a defense, quickly process information in a chaotic environment, and being able to master a playbook are actual skills. These are the guys who thrive in the NFL.

Lane Kiffin had the right idea with his preference for Megatron. At least JaMarcus Russell is living well.

I'm a huge fan of Jamarcus Russell. As a (former) Chargers fan, he's allowed Ryan Leaf to be ARGUABLY one of the biggest draft busts ever instead of THE biggest draft bust ever.

@triton423

8 ай бұрын

I guess it’s arguable but they are both on the same level

@TomBradyisGOAT.

7 ай бұрын

This comment hurt my brain

@tastyneck

7 ай бұрын

@@TomBradyisGOAT. sorry it made your single brain cell over work itself. My sincere apologies.

@FritoBuggers

5 ай бұрын

​@@triton423It gets lonely at the bottom.

Drug addiction isn't a joke man, I hope he's recovered

@WM44.

8 ай бұрын

There’s a guy in the MLB that just overcame a drug addiction and hit his first home run in 5 years. Hope it happens to him too

@comradeballin

8 ай бұрын

that dvd story tells you everything. hes a lost cause

@WM44.

8 ай бұрын

@@comradeballin yeah probably

@VidaBlue317

8 ай бұрын

Gotta git that purple drank... git git gotta git it, man

@TheMackUltra888

8 ай бұрын

@@comradeballinAtleast he didn’t go to prison like Ryan Leaf did

I never realized Jamarcus was going through all of that. Thanks for making this video

@spankynater4242

8 ай бұрын

All of what? The drug addiction was self-induced, and we all go through family deaths.

@donaldcummings8407

8 ай бұрын

@@spankynater4242 Gee, I didnt know there was a "Getting Through a Family Death" Handbook.. My mom died in 1992 and I still think about her every fucking day. YOU dont get to decide how long a person grieves, shithead... GFY

@jimnfl7134

8 ай бұрын

Ryan Leaf: Now can people get off my back?

@destroyedklkk

8 ай бұрын

​@spankynater4242 How so? His first use wasn't even his fault and addiction can easily take off with one use. Take a step back and show some empathy it's the right thing to do as a human for another human.

@spankynater4242

8 ай бұрын

@@destroyedklkk You can express fake empathy for anybody you want, that's got nothing to do with me. Also, take some words of advice from me: be accountable for yourself when you make bad decisions, and don't blame others for your victimhood. That advice will serve you well in life. You're welcom. That is real empathy.

He gets a lot of hate but he’s the LEGEND draft bust. Dude literally got ONE opportunity because not only was he horrible on the field, even worse off the field! All those millions guaranteed.

@16ktsgamma

8 ай бұрын

He's one of the two biggest bust in NFL history. Ryan Leaf and him.

@VidaBlue317

8 ай бұрын

Leaf was the biggest bust - America, which includes me, debated whether he might be a better pick than Peyton Manning (which seems pretty ridiculous in retrospect). Russell had unparalleled physical gifts, but there were questions regarding his work ethic even before he was drafted. And raw talent alone is just not enough in the NFL (especially at QB).

@noellevassauer4405

8 ай бұрын

@@VidaBlue317 it’s easy to call leaf a bust and say he was no match to manning In hindsight, but at the time they weren’t as far apart as they’d become in the NFL. Leaf was the better athlete, collegiate stats weren’t far apart. You can’t teach intangibles. Same downfall with Russell.

@VidaBlue317

8 ай бұрын

@@noellevassauer4405 You're right. From Brady to Purdy, we're reminded every year that intangibles are hard to predict. Seems we'd be better at it by now though. Hell, we have so much information on these guys (down to their favorite cereal), and yet every year we see a blue chipper get chopped, and we see a dirty turd shine brighter than gold.

@9mmtrilla

8 ай бұрын

@@VidaBlue317 intangibles & college tape > 'combine stats' for the anal-ytic number crunchers in NFL front offices. Fact.

I bet he loved playing in the Sugar Bowl.

Why am I not surprised that his first, and best, performance in the NFL was against the Chargers? I am very happy to hear of his personal recovery. I honestly wonder why he never brought up either the family tragedies OR the substance addiction to the team (okay, the substance addiction probably isn't something to say out loud)... but for someone with a legendary poor work ethic, it's kinda odd that he didn't bring up perfectly valid excuses for his struggling.

@hiphop2u

8 ай бұрын

Agreed, especially when you can attribute drug use to mental or emotional issues 100% of the time.

This video doesn't talk about him finding his uncle unresponsive and screaming about satan before the combine, that uncle was also the person who introduced to football and would end up dieing a year or 2 later.

SI Kids BobbleCenter Show LEGEND JaMarcus Russell

That's one of Stephen A.'s biggest, nastiest attacks on a player in the sports universe.... but it wasn't just about Russell, there was an underlying "I told you so" tone to it. SAS was one if a few in the talking heads division that didn't buy the hype at LSU, and was kind of looked at as a big loudmouth who wad just trying to be controversial. And yes, he is brash. He is abrasive. He is a loudmouth.... but he wasnt afraid to take an at the time unpopular opinion. When the writing on the wall became clear to the rest of the world, he had a huge I told you so check to cash.

@FlyingHellFish99

8 ай бұрын

Ngl bizarre you’re out here batting for Stephen A 😂

@scottfryar4294

8 ай бұрын

@@FlyingHellFish99 extra thumbs up.

@enterauh2070

8 ай бұрын

Yeah because he always takes the contrarian opinion. Sometimes it turns out to be right.

@thepubknight6144

6 ай бұрын

He was brutal on many athletes, Johnny Manziel got it pretty bad as did Brett Favre and Kwame Brown

@Joe45-91

5 ай бұрын

Stephen Smith is the definition of a 🤡 The guy is a character. He is a joke to take anything he says seriously.

He changed my life. Without him, I could have gone a whole lifetime without ever knowing what purple drank is.

Another stark Raving sports classic

I remember watching that draft praying we pick Megatron, he was a monster. I was so disappointed when we took JaMarcus

@saulspeaks2557

8 ай бұрын

That's how I felt when my Colts drafted Anthony Richardson. He has a million times the work ethic as Russell, and he'll be an even bigger bust.

@acp4567

8 ай бұрын

To add insult to injury, you guys were THIS close to having Aaron Rodgers as well.

@pheo1418

8 ай бұрын

The Raiders felt comfortable at WR because they had Randy Moss (a AGING Moss) and that was their reason for passing on Megatron and picking Russell instead.

@Hotep982

8 ай бұрын

​​​@@saulspeaks2557bro y'all really just be talking dont know anything about that man work ethic 🤦🏽‍♂️he hasn't even been bad in the games he started the Colts ruined a generational talent and you have the nerve to talk about Anthony Richardson that line just got him killed Sunday 💀the exact reason why Andrew Luck ended his career because he was pissing blood humble yourself that organization has been god awful since the Manning era ended

@saulspeaks2557

8 ай бұрын

@@Hotep982 You have poor reading comprehension, but I suppose your writing would have given that away anyway. I said that Richardson has MORE work ethic than Russell. And he'll still be a bust. You're right, he's looked *okay* so far, but defenses will figure him out quick. All he can do is run. He's an awful passer and he can read a defense about as well as you can read comments. I'm glad we'll get Minschew for another week, but it will go back to Mr. Future Bust and a 3-14 record after that.

As a raider fan myself, I feel for him and the NFL, fans, media, etc, always taught us to shame or hate this dude. I hope he’s doing well for himself and like the video said were all human at the end of the day.

@Rick.Gonzalez

8 ай бұрын

im in the same boat. cant imagine losing 2 uncles back to back.

@user-kx3fx4eo9i

8 ай бұрын

if you truly are a raider you must have asked yourself, as I did, were the scouts watching the same college games as I was....or were the raiders just falling early into wokeism

@jimmyraidjames

6 ай бұрын

He had no line to protect him

@Ryan-wx1bi

6 ай бұрын

At the end of the day... People are mostly upset and jealous because he has all this natural talent and it went to waste

@user-kx3fx4eo9i

6 ай бұрын

I watched many of his games at LSU and he was just one of those playground scrubs that run around the backfield pretending to be a QB

Amazing video, I loved the fact that you get into detail about jamarcus personal life

Given Ryan Leaf did the Bust podcast series, which is a fantastic listen.. Did JaMarcus do anything similr where he sits down and goes through his life and career and explains what happened and why? I found Ryan Leaf doing that to be absolutely amazing to listen to, there is so much in that I had no idea on and I'd love to just sit down and listen to JaMarcus explain things and talk about what went down and why and looking back at it with hindsight. yes he did that letter, which is a fascinating read, but...

@datnigganameTJ92

8 ай бұрын

"The Pivot Podcast" they did an interview with Jamarcus earlier

@klubbfit-nest1216

8 ай бұрын

Pivot podcast

@thepubknight6144

6 ай бұрын

Ryan Leaf is one of the few athletes i actually admire for acknowledging his flaws and learning from them

@leo29hornsfan

6 ай бұрын

@@thepubknight6144bro what’s crazy is Ryan Leaf when he retired from the nfl actually had a good amount of money saved up and coached at West Texas A&M and was doing pretty well, but then he started abusing drugs such as pain killers and other expensive over the counter medicine and that’s when he really hit rock bottom. From an NFL starter at QB to trying to pretend to be a maintenance worker to get into peoples homes and steal their medications. He went broke and ended up being arrested and jailed and found people who were with him 100% when he felt that he had no friends or anyone to turn too. He got out of jail and went to work for a job making just over $15 an hour and he literally said that doing that job made him the happiest person ever. He loved it and then the huge break is when he got offered a job as broadcaster going from $15 an hour to making well over $10 million a year and now he uses his platform to help mentor others and try to make sure that they don’t make the same mistakes as he did as a rookie.

The Raiders coaches gave Russell 3 videos on the offensive to watch at home. When he came back the next day, the coaches asked him if he learned anything. JaMarcus replied that he really had learned a lot and thanked the coaches. What Russell didn’t know was the coaches had given him 3 blank tapes….lol

@rdspam

8 ай бұрын

As discussed at 9:48

@user-hy4dt7cq1r

8 ай бұрын

he was on that lean 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

@MinervaInMyBrain

8 ай бұрын

fwiw I think that would be a extremely toxic thing to do if he was trying but was on the struggle bus and couldn't find an exit. That's not something you'd want to do to someone with a drug habit regardless.

@jonathanramos8414

8 ай бұрын

​@@MinervaInMyBrainthat's pretty smart actually it showed he wasn't interested

@joememphis1571

8 ай бұрын

That’s a real chickenshit move right there. What the coaches did was real classless and tasteless.

What most people don't understand about the NFL is that it's so much faster than college. In college you play against good teams with good players. In the NFL you play against guys who were all american, all conference, award winners. In college you can coast on just your talent. In the NFL you have to have a work ethic and a will to make yourself better. And you don't have coaches on your back making sure you do what you're supposed to do. In the NFL you have to be an adult and take responsibility for your own self.

@GORILLA_PIMP

8 ай бұрын

Wow sounds like i definitely woulda made a terrible pro then lmfao

2 years ago I went to pay my power bill and a guy was at the kiosk and taking a while to complete his transaction, when he finished and turned around I immediately recognized him, about 6'5 slim, I said are you JaMarcus Russell? He sarcastically said maybe, who are you? I said just wanted to shake a pro's hand and he smiled.

Jamarcus Russell is the reason for the NFL rookie salary cap. Al Davis gave him $60 mil before he ever took a snap in the Nfl.

The sad part is Russell actually LEADS Ryan Leaf in every single offensive stat.

I actually was at a Raiders game when he was the winning QB, thanks to a couple of missed field goals by the Eagles in 2009

1:15 It actually doesn't still stand today. His Alabama HS career passing yard total was surpassed in 2022 by some kid named Jack Hayes.

Love his comment at the end; "I must have been the best to have been the biggest". Good to see a man have respect for himself. You can't live your life with regrets.

So the Raiders could have had Megatron and Randy Moss?!? QB could have been a Keebler elf with those two on the field.

@regorRegor

8 ай бұрын

A Keebler elf....nice one.

Love the BFM vids!

I still give the biggest bust to Ryan Leaf. The drug addiction and loss of 2 uncles are somewhat a valid excuse for performing poorly, although the laziness (e.g. not watching tape) is less excusable.

@WoodyJ98

8 ай бұрын

I mean, drug addiction and trauma can lead to a lack of motivation. A student who does drugs is definitely not going to class or doing his homework. Drugs definitely lead to laziness

@tomsnowden6201

8 ай бұрын

@@WoodyJ98that’s a piss poor excuse my man and a terrible generalization..you cal look at the wwe for example, you know how many wrestlers are abusing substances, still manage to look like bodybuilders, do their shit and drive 4-5 hours to the next city/state 300+ days a year. Maybe you get lazy but that’s not everyone

@kristopherwilson506

8 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@tomsnowden6201that’s a terrible example. Addicts do what it takes to get their next fix. That’s why pro wrestlers keep grinding. Because that’s how they get the next payday. I think it’s more of a mischaracterization more so than an overgeneralization. A lot of drugs do lead to laziness, yes, but in the case of Russell, this is not the case.

@mattcosentino123

8 ай бұрын

Leaf isn’t a bigger bust. Russel went number 1 and Leaf did not. Russell was as bad of a player. Stop being biased

@stevemeters3090

8 ай бұрын

I had a full academic scholarship to college and maintained it all 4 years doing massive amounts of drugs the entire time. Don't get caught up in the false narrative put forward by the USA's "War on Drugs." A war they definitely lost, btw. Also, i rarely missed class and turned in every assignment on time. Gooooo Drugs!! Give me a D Give me an R...

Ryan Leaf has worse numbers and was actually debated vs Peyton manning. Easily a bigger bust.

@rdspam

8 ай бұрын

#1 vs #2 pick offsets the few hundred yards/rating points delta. Both worthy of #1.

@heywoodjablowme8120

8 ай бұрын

Tony Mandarich thinks he should be in this conversation.

@woodsplitter3274

8 ай бұрын

Johnny Manziel is my pick for most obnoxious.

@yoholmes273

8 ай бұрын

Leaf would give up mid game like a pouting baby and get picked nearly half a dozen times per games. Just a collosal BUST.

@S.Anderson-Bey

7 ай бұрын

what about Heath Shuler

I don't know if this is a hot take or not but in my personal opinion the biggest QB bust in NFL history is Johnny manziel. Ryan leaf and JaMarcus Russell were doomed to fail because they were drafted by losing organizations (at the time). The browns drafted Johnny football and allowed him to do whatever the hell he wanted with no help from the organization to gain some kind of control to help Johnny be a better player.

@elcee3292

8 ай бұрын

Manziel was the number 22 pick. Russell and Leaf were 2 and 1 respectively. Manziel definitely a busy, but not nearly as much as those 2.

@russg9371

8 ай бұрын

Ryan Leaf might be the biggest draft buddy because Payton Manning went to an organization that was significantly and consistently worse than the Chargers. People forget how bad the colts were before Manning. I'll agree with your JaMarcus Russell take since he was doomed whether he was taken 1 or 2. But Johnny Manziel didn't have what Russell and Lead had which primarily is Size and Arm. Manziel is little and doesn't have the zip on the ball you'd want. And there was only one other team that thought of Manziel as a first round talent, while both Leaf and Russell were seen as a top pick talent

@saulspeaks2557

8 ай бұрын

Nah, man. A lot of people knew Manziel would never be anything in the NFL. Way too small, and if you watch even his college highlights, all he had was elusiveness. All of this most famous plays were him dodging a few lineman and then throwing up an absolute prayer that his *receivers* would make a brilliant catch to bring down. He didn't fall into the 20's for no reason. He was never gonna make it, even if he wasn't a total head case

@andu1854

8 ай бұрын

Manziel loved the idea of being a star, but not the idea of working hard like top stars tend to do… also he is undersized and honestly he rode that one win vs Bama to the NFL (but Are we sure it was due to him or Mike Evans being his WR and making many bad throws into catches…

@saulspeaks2557

8 ай бұрын

@andu1854 their respective NFL stats definitely back up our opinion bro

He had one great game that was highly publicized which was The Sugar Bowl a few months before he was drafted. Owners are often the worse thing that happens to a team.

Zac Wilson : hold my beer

Trey Lance vs JaMarcus Russell

Not sure why we should feel sorry of this guy, he had it all and just threw all away, he was a 1rst overall pick, he knew is going to be the face of a franchise, that he need to work very hard, but he was only worried about the money, when he get the money it was over, it was the only thing he wants, just the money he didn't want to play, the history about the blank DVD is crazy, he really didn't want to work a bit to be an NFL QB, shame 😐😐

@Alexander_Grant

8 ай бұрын

Man, there's tons of people in life who coast off of their previous achievements, especially in business or just winning the birth lottery. The dude made his money and got out, I don't really see a problem with it. There were fun years watching him at LSU. Being the best QB of all time just isn't what some people want (see Andrew Luck) and I don't really think that's something to hate a guy over. He'll never be up there with the best, but neither with almost every other player who played in the NFL. Sucks for Raiders fans, but at the end of the day they get to turn the TV off and go on with their life, Lane Kiffin has had no trouble finding jobs. He did what was best for him, the only difference is that it got put on display for the entire world to see unlike everyone else in life who does what's best for themselves.

@FreshPrincex4

8 ай бұрын

​@@Alexander_Grantexcuses

This guy is a riot!

I had a feeling it wasn’t going to go well when Russell held out his entire rookie training camp. I was surprised the Raiders still worked out a deal with him. I’ll bet they wished they hadn’t.

@andu1854

8 ай бұрын

Al Davis’s walking dead corpse was still running team (despite being so past his prime and usefulness)

@leo29hornsfan

6 ай бұрын

Jamarcus Russell got rich and I mean rich as hell. He literally after taxes taken out got $23.4 million upfront and every game check was about $68,000 a week as a rookie and only went up higher throughout the years. Man he had all of the traits and just pissed it all away. His next contract would have landed him well over $100 million dollars for 5 years. Now he’s just a washed up has been

You can add trey lance to the biggest bust category cause he cost his team 3 1sts and Russel was just 1

I feel bad gor the guy. Clearly his uncle’s passing affected him a lot. Pretty hard to care about football when your father-figure passes away.

@TheCatabolicTrex

5 ай бұрын

He never cared about football, he only cared about getting paid. The whole training camp debacle was really good foreshadowing as to what kind of player he would be

@sinoverlord409

5 ай бұрын

Fck that woke bs emotional reasoning as an excuse. Real men know everyone is going to die no matter the circumstances or how much you love them or what they meant to you. You're just as pus as him.

Been a raider fan for 24yrs&I was mad,then I realized he got the money&helped his family,russell is a success in my eye football is just a game

I remember the hype around Russell w/Raiders & fans expected Raiders to be a playoff team with a chance for Super Bowl. Wow, the disappointment was palpable.

Don’t feel too bad about him he had plenty of money to go get some professional help. He set the team back for years.

@9mmtrilla

8 ай бұрын

for a kid named "Dylan Harrell" who listens exclusively to rock music and probably lives in a Midwest suburb... you do sure know how to 'seek help' and use 'plenty of money' better than the average "oVeRpAiD aThLeTe"

@rich7787

8 ай бұрын

@@9mmtrillaYou seem personally hurt, how dare some kid maybe in the suburbs make a valid and reasonable point! How dare he!

@grsafran

8 ай бұрын

It's the responsibility of the Team to make decisions on whom they pay to play. Don't blame the player for getting alot of money that's on the team.

@Hotep982

8 ай бұрын

​@@rich7787that's not why he said this 💀 he's pointing out how people who come from money get upset at athletes who get paid but end up not living up to expectations

@willc5723

6 ай бұрын

Made the raiders move to Vegas

There's an interview of JeMarcus several years ago. He was talking about things from his side. Sad to say, it pretty much reinforced every negative things said about him publicly. After he was paid he wasn't interested in playing football anymore. Can't defend JeMarcus. He did it to himself.

“Hold my beer…and blunt”: Johnny Manziel

My friend still has Russell rookie card on his TV stand that i placed there yrs ago. I put a couple Danny Ferries up there to lol

I was today years old when i found out this is also Black Flags Matter. Love finding this

I do love how JaMarcus gets dragged for holding out. You have two options as a player. Sign the contract for the team that drafted you, or rot in obscurity and probably lose out on your NFL dream. It’s not his problem that the raiders big against themselves to procure his services. They could’ve easily just been terrible again and been in a spot to select Matt Ryan the next year. I am legitimately surprised that he never got a second chance, though. Usually a guy with this level of hype gets a second shot to fail.

@jroggs85

8 ай бұрын

Russell did get second (and third, and fourth, and so on) chances. Many people tried to help him and several teams gave him tryouts over the next few years to let him prove himself. If he was worth a roster spot and a paycheck, he would have received it. But he wasn't, so he didn't. Especially in his earlier second chances, where he was still out of shape and unmotivated. I mean, come on, how many chances does one loser deserve without doing anything to earn them?

@6:57 he laughs and also sounds exactly like KSI the American version 😂

If Gruden had been the head coach this wouldn’t have happened. They wouldn’t of drafted him or Gruden would of got him in shape both mentally and physically!

Jabba the bust

@exemplary3

8 ай бұрын

@@ELIJAHNUBOYDehh idk bout that

Looking in Russell’s career after all we know now. That guy is prime example of lack of mental care for him. He had to suffer through addiction and depression, but no one knew about it.

@jonathanramos8414

8 ай бұрын

He had an iq of a carrot 🥕

@JoeRogansForehead

8 ай бұрын

He knew . He could’ve gotten help. He had a whole nfl teams orginization behind him who would’ve done anything they could to get him better even if it was just because they had spent a ton of money on him.

This man and Anthony Bennett 😂😂😂

Jeff George, Steve Emtman, Ryan Leaf. . . Honorable mentions.

If he went anywhere other than Oakland I suspect he would have had a better career. How much better I don’t know but more stability would have served him very well

@davidlafleche1142

8 ай бұрын

No, he'd still be a bust. He reminds me of Joe Foy, who should have been a good-to-great baseball player, but drugs did him in, too.

@dontdoittoyoself6786

5 ай бұрын

He needed to fall and I think he would’ve been in a way better situation and have the confidence with the hunger to prove his doubters wrong.

He had one awesome Game vs a way over their heads Notre dame (which often got into the BCS due to the past success and not due to being one of the best teams)

Al Davis shoulda listened to Lane Kiffen..drafted Calvin Johnson and paired him w Randy Moss

I challenge this selection with Cleveland's Deshaun Watson.

He had the talent to be great ….

Lol bro blew his prime in high school cause throwing 10k yards is fucking wild 🤣

*sigh* it just sucks to see that his way of dealing with that trauma was throwing his future away. not necessarily his financial future, since he has enough money to never work a day in his life, but his future in football. he couldve been possibly one of the greatest, but he just gave up. being a raiders fan its hard not to imagine some alternate reality where russell keeps his head in the game and doesn't become so reckless.

Lil Wayne said this man made chain that held a whole 16oz bottle of lean and wear it to the club.

the key to succeeding as an athlete is to stay hungry Russell lost his appetite the moment he was drafted

@explodyz

8 ай бұрын

Well maybe his appetite for success but he for sure has an appetite

@thedude3065

8 ай бұрын

@@explodyz of course

@WoodyJ98

8 ай бұрын

Seemed like he turned to drugs at the wrong time

as a raiders fan, it honestly seemed like a great pick at the time. some people just peak in college

The Raiders. Where NFL players go to end their careers. 😮😮😮

Dude seemed like a good person that had life get in the way. Shit happens to everyone but most of us just aren’t important enough to be labeled like him. Props for what he did for the hurricane victims. Plus he saved his money so you can’t call him stupid.

I still think Ryan Leaf takes it. Russell jumped up draft boards with 1 great season in one of the weakest QB classes of all time

@johnnydepp4866

8 ай бұрын

It will be Brady Quinn who would be called the biggest qb bust if jamarcus didn’t beat him in the bowl. Brady Quinn should thank him

Immature quarterbacks often succeed in college but not in the NFL. Russels immaturity was fairly obvious prior to draft day in my opinion

@WoodyJ98

8 ай бұрын

Does having a drug addiction make you immature? It seemed like that could have been what kept him from putting his heart into it. I see a lot of Charles Rodgers parallels

The guy that held out during his rookie preseason and finally shows up throwing money out of a backpack didn’t pan out? Shocker! 😂.

of course my man BFM gotta rag on my team and our giant mistake for his first SRS video. Oh, and btw Darian, we're still a poverty franchise

stephen a was kinda out of line for that lmao

You sometimes feel bad for someone. He was his downfall but who else wouldn’t be in a funk when you lose family

@WoodyJ98

8 ай бұрын

And in drug addictions. Drug addictions can lead to overeating and even lack of sleep. I can guarantee Jamarcus burned out. Oftentimes when people are lazy, it’s not very simple. Nobody wants to be a burden, but sometimes you go through so much that you just say f***k it

@bobbys4327

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, well, nobody told him to do drugs.

The lower half of Stephen Smith's face resembles a 'wizard's sleeve'.

You know the Raiders are ass when JaMarcus Russell has a MacFarlane figurine

Anyone know his passing yards to grade drink sip ratio? His KFC greased fingers were to blame on his accuracy issues.

If he was that devastated by family deaths, he was too mentally weak to head an NFL team. I don't think those deaths were the cause for his demise, he just wasn't that good.

@xaevius5319

7 ай бұрын

Damn we got a psycopath up in here. 2 dead family members within a few months time and he's "mentally weak" for being devastated by that?

@spankynater4242

7 ай бұрын

Yeah soyboy, excuses are like a-holes.

@xaevius5319

7 ай бұрын

@@spankynater4242 ah i see. Just an internet tough guy/keyboard warrior talking out of their own asses as always

@spankynater4242

7 ай бұрын

@@xaevius5319 LMAO, says the tough talking keyboard warrior. I swear, I just can't make up your level of hillarity. I hope it's not going to waste and you are able to appreciate it.

This was back when the majority of people still saw addiction not as a medical issue, but as a moral failing. Russell would be seen very differently by the public in this day and age when EVERYONE knows someone who has had their life negatively impacted by opioid addiction.

His favorite song is sippin on some syrup 😂 Every good rookie coming out of college can thank Russell for destroying their potential to make big money. They changed the contract structure for rookies as a direct result of Russell's non existent performance. I would definitely pay Russell a visit if I was a rookie in the NFL. Al Davis was the worst thing for the Raiders towards the turn of the century. Al was stuck in the 70s

I don't see anything wrong with what he did. Plenty of people coast on either prior achievements or from winning the birth lottery, and he just did the same. Got the contract he wanted, played for the greatest college football program, and didn't hurt anyone on his way out. Raiders fans may be upset, but they can always just turn the TV off and live their lives, Lane Kiffin has had no trouble getting jobs after this, and the dude was struggling. Not every player gifted athletically is going to have a Kobe mindset, let the dude ride off into the sunset.

@DontActuallyWannaDie

8 ай бұрын

Uh, no. You play for a team, and you have to put in the effort for that team. Forget Raiders fans, what about his fellow players? They had to deal with him. Football is a high effort sport, and if you aren't willing to put in that effort, then you shouldn't play. When you get a contract, you should feel obligated to carry out your end of the deal. Lazy, shitty people are the ones who figure that they don't have to hold up their end of the deal. "Not every player gifted athletically is going to have a Kobe mindset," Of course not, but they have to have the motivation to play. Him playing like shit isn't just a him issue, as I said before he hurt his entire team by playing like shit. If you don't have the motivation to play, then quit. If you want the money? There you go, that's your motivation. Play your heart out and earn that money. I agree that it's over and done with, and to "let the dude ride off", but it's really no good to say he did nothing wrong.

@WoodyJ98

8 ай бұрын

The problem was he didn’t even try to do what he got paid to do, which hurt the team. The idea is if you get something, you have to give something back. There’s nothing wrong with not being a complete aplha dog, but you gotta put in something and work with your teammates. At least be Jay Culter, who at least watched film and showed up to work. I agree though that it’s funny how many couch potatoes hate on him. It’s clear Jamarcus had addiction and behavioral issues. Those things are hard to fix. He’s not a bad person, but he didn’t do enough to take responsibility of his inaction.

@Alexander_Grant

8 ай бұрын

@@DontActuallyWannaDie Meh, you're putting football on a pedestal. The sanctity of football seems to be your reasoning. He got his guarantee, so he didn't earn the rest of his contract, he just played the business game smart. Call him lazy or whatever, but he's not the one having brain issues for playing a couple seasons is he? I just don't see anything wrong with getting paid and getting out in a sport where people like you put it on a pedestal and screw the players over with poor contracts (and at the time of him playing, free money maker for the college they played for).

@elliemyers6435

3 ай бұрын

@@Alexander_Grant I see what you mean, but getting out of the sport wasn't his choice...He was released for terrible work habits, and laziness, and despite being the #1 pick in the draft with a lot of natural ability, NO ONE was willing to give him another shot. This wasn't his choice....it wasn't like he walked away voluntarily....he was more or less banned because he didn't give AF. He would've RUN if another team gave him another chance - he tried to make a couple of comebacks, but no one bit. This idea that he's some sort of a martyr is way off. Also, if all pro athletes had his mindset of not caring, then professional sports would come to an end.

@Alexander_Grant

3 ай бұрын

​@@elliemyers6435 I never implied he was a martyr, just that he shouldn't be hated nearly as much as he is, if at all. If he did get his wakeup call and that's why he tried to come back to the NFL then this should be more of a story of how the NFL owners are a rich boys club who got angry that a player out businessed one of their own and blackballed him, especially since he agreed to play a year for free. And yeah, if every pro athlete had his mindset of not caring there wouldn't be professional sports, you're correct, but there's always going to be people who care. I played high school sports with plenty of people who would have loved a shot at at professional league, me being one of them. Still play local men's league baseball in my 30s.

I was a Raider fan and was telling all my friends. Trade that first pick get Adrian Peterson, pick up a lineman and a Veteran QB. But instead I heard. He can throw 80 yards from his knees. Hurray!!

Sometimes it is just wrong team, wrong coach, wrong city, wrong time.

at least hes doing better now. would've liked to have seen this version of jamarcus when he was actually PLAYING FOR MY TEAM.

Jamarcus Russell Had A Better NFL Career Than Ryan Leaf Therefore Making Ryan Leaf The Biggest Bust In NFL History.

That stephen a clip is so brutal when you add in the context of him losing family members then suffering major depression and gaining weight bc of it.

THIS GUY SET THE RAIDERS BACK SO MUCH IS STILL AFFECTING THE TEAM TODAY

Biggest bust in NFL history? Ryan Leaf would like to have a word with you.

Addiction is a bitch. I've been through it now sober 23yrs. I hope he has beaten addiction and is living a sober happy life. Beating addiction is hard but if you have the right people in your life it is possible. I've turned my life around and made a good living I'm not pro football player rich but once I beat addiction life got better. I pray he has found the piece of mind and happiness in life we all deserve.