PFT: Garcia On Track To Take Job From JaMarcus?

[ralaw]

Not really surprising. Garcia believes he's a starter and always has put himself in situations where the opportunity was there....going to the Raiders was no different.

[mgoblue2290]

What do they mean folks in Detroit pay close attention? We actually have a dominant receiver in Calvin.

[DSpydr84]

What do they mean folks in Detroit pay close attention? We actually have a dominant receiver in Calvin.

I was thinking the same thing. I don't know why people can't understand that we're totally content with Culpepper playing this season and letting Stafford develop.. apparently Pepp has been lighting it up now that he's back in Linehan's offense.

And not to mention that Calvin guy you mentioned. He's pretty good.

[Argath]

If Davis and the Raiders aren't a trainwreck, then I don't know what a trainwreck is.

Dear Al Davis and the Raiders,

[Tailback U]

Uh, are some of you retarded? JaMarcus Russell is 5-11 as a starter. Not exactly enough games to label a QB in this league. He has showed that he can be a good QB, he just needs to be consistent. He also has shown how terrible he can be in some games by throwing 3 picks, but then again, what great QB hasn't had games like that, especially in their rookie season?

It's no doubt that Garcia is a much more experienced QB, but there is no future with him. If he wins the position battle then he deserves to play, either way, I really won't care. I just want the best guy to play.

And for the record, all bay area reports that I've read have talked about Garcia has been a great mentor and leader for JR and is doing his best to assume the back-up role and help JR come along.

Also read that he is sprinting from drill to drill and pulling young WRs aside after plays to help them out while JR slowly jogs over from drill to drill and offers very little insight to anyone.

I've been a Garcia fan my whole life because of his toughness and mentality, it wouldn't disappoint me one bit if he was named the starter. I just want JR to see more and improve his game so I can finally figure out if he has any real potential.

[RyanLeaf16]

Everyone rips on Garcia all day long but he's put together 3 consecutive 90+ rated seasons. I'll defend the guy, he's been on a winning team as well for those 3 years. Oakland has a sweet run offense and Garcia can come in and throw a higher completion percentage than Russel's 25%. Yeah, Garcia's "bombs" travel about 15 yards but if Al Davis is really getting sexed up and wanting to throw it 80 yards to heyward-bey every play then they should at least wait a year. I wouldn't describe it as a train wreck at all. Regardless, its always successful for them if they win 6-7 games and don't fire their coach.

You can defend him all day if you want. If you heard some of the things I did from people at One Buc Place you would not be defending him. The guy is a self-serving dick and he isn't that good of a quarterback.

It's easy to complete passes 3-4 yards downfield. What Jeff can't do or, as some have alleged, refuses to do is see the open receiver downfield. Oh and Jeff is never wrong...just ask him.

[Aso]

One of JaMarcus Russell's former coaches told SI.com that he believes the Raiders' assistant turnover has "set him back a year."
Oakland has a new QBs coach, new pass game coordinator, and WRs and TEs coaches who've never been lead position coaches. Perhaps this helps explain Russell's poor spring, but all the negative reports since he entered the league have done nothing to help him shed the emerging bust label.

Look at all the new coaches he has. From what I've seen i mostly like, but i know he has things he has to work on, mostly just being consistent. If his offensive line holds up alright then he should progress and play even better then he did before. I still don't see how anyone can say he's a bust right now.

[vamprb]

Look at all the new coaches he has. From what I've seen i mostly like, but i know he has things he has to work on, mostly just being consistent. If his offensive line holds up alright then he should progress and play even better then he did before. I still don't see how anyone can say he's a bust right now.

People are saying he's a bust right now because he plays for the raiders. It seems like hating the raiders is the cool thing to do so people do it.

[Senser81]

You can defend him all day if you want. If you heard some of the things I did from people at One Buc Place you would not be defending him. The guy is a self-serving dick and he isn't that good of a quarterback.

It's easy to complete passes 3-4 yards downfield. What Jeff can't do or, as some have alleged, refuses to do is see the open receiver downfield. Oh and Jeff is never wrong...just ask him.

I don't doubt that Garcia is an ass, but I think he is a good QB. His yards per completion are average, but they definitely aren't bad. And he is very efficient and has a high rating.

What stories can you tell? I always wondered about Garcia, because it seems that he bounces around a lot despite having on-field success.

[Tailback U]

People are saying he's a bust right now because he plays for the raiders. It seems like hating the raiders is the cool thing to do so people do it.

Definitely. Everyone loves to hate the Raiders. Its funny how much people hate the Raiders. The Raiders are more hated on this board than the Yankees.

Russell has had some accuracy issues this spring, as well. He needs to fix that asap. There's no doubt in my mind that the Raiders are going to be a run-first team so hopefully Russell won't have to do all that much, he just needs to manage the game and he'll be good. That entails converting 3rd downs and becoming a leader.

Everyone wants to label him a bust because he's on the Raiders and was the #1 pick overall but I'm not asking for much of him. If he can turn out to be another Big Ben type than I will be more happy. Just surround him with a great running game and defense and he'll be fine.

[dave]

Read this today about Russell: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...cus/index.html

He commits the ultimate sin for an NFL quarterback - he doesn't work hard enough.

To be fair, the coaching also sucks ... but you have to put in the time.

[RyanLeaf16]

I don't doubt that Garcia is an ass, but I think he is a good QB. His yards per completion are average, but they definitely aren't bad. And he is very efficient and has a high rating.

What stories can you tell? I always wondered about Garcia, because it seems that he bounces around a lot despite having on-field success.

PM me and I'll share some stuff.

[Senser81]

PM me and I'll share some stuff.

Just sent you a PM...this better be good, because it took a lot of effort on my part to send you a PM.

[Aso]

the raiders have been a train wreck since like '03, my bad, was I drunk? No it was like ten in the morning. Damn, maybe just tired. What I meant and should have said is the team now has the foundation to be successful if a QB comes in and can play decently well and i just believe Garcia can do that. He might be a dick and might not be able to throw farther than 15 yards but its tough for me to argue with the 90+ QB ratings he's posted recently.

But starting Garcia MIGHT lead to one good season and then he'll probably be a free agent or retire and Russell would be even worse off then most people think he looks now. The Raiders still have problems stopping the run, it is still a question to how good the Raiders OT's will play, and their wide receiving core is as thin as paper. I really hope the Raiders do not start Garcia.

As much as i like Russell i think a team should build a foundation for a young quarterback then draft him, not the other way around. They should've drafted Calvin Johnson two years ago #1, then i like the pick in McFadden, and then a quarterback this year (as much as i hate Stafford and Sanchez, I am a Josh Freeman fan though). I also hate how Al Davis just throws money around. The philosophy for the Raiders though won't change until Al Davis passes (He's 79). Al Davis' birthday is on independence day though so thats pretty cool.

[Goober]

lol the raiders suck.

jamarcus has bust written all over him, same goes for the raiders latest first round pick.