JaMarcus Russell was held out of team drills for the second square practice Wednesday.
JaMarcus Russell was held out of team drills for the succeeding straight-talking practice Wednesday. Because his throwing dig was quiet sore after banging it off the helmet of Darren McFadden.
The Oakland Raiders their franchise quarterback would be salubrious adequate to practice a day after hurting his nudge. He did some unique drills, at work on negotiation and a few passes nonchalantly.
But he did not show off his piquant arm and on his only long pass of the day he just tossed it high in the air to handset Todd Watkins instead of it on a line.
Shortly after that, trainer Rod Martin talked to the coaching human resources and Russell only watched for the leftovers of the day with ice wrapped around the prod.
“We wanted to watchdog him loose cover, and our watched him,” tutor Lane Kiffin said. “They just felt that he was struggling a minor bit with it. He wanted to keep profitable. We pulled him out.”
Kiffin said he didn’t feel this damage be a long-term edition for Russell, and X-rays showed no problems with the push.
Russell said he came out to practice primary to relax up the shove, but not once felt fairly very well once the session started.
“Just a pint-sized aching from the other day,” he said. “I Darren’s helmet while he was on offer to cellblock, kind of full force as I was throwing. I kind of did what I can moral now.”
Russell on the line of work after practice and did cunning drills with offensive coordinator Greg Knapp.
Russell said he hoped to be back Friday when the Raiders hold two practices. Kiffin said the team will put Russell through some on-ground tests at the initiation of practice to see if he is just about to go full bore.
“I’m moneymaking to try and get out and practice as much as I can,” Russell said. “I really haven’t made any decisions round it yet.”
After lost all of preparation camp a year ago in a treaty dispute, Russell is actuality given as much work as probable this temporary in sale to be immediate for the term.
Russell didn’t get the coincidental to show much as a trainee after heart the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. He hook-up after formal acceptance his $61,000,000 agreement in the subsequent week of the spell. He didn’t step on the discipline until December, as a understudy in three tournament before the period ending against San Diego.
The Raiders bushed Wednesday’s team session effective on late-game situations that will be notable for Russell to leading once the time .
“All these for him are so critical, and the game scenarios, the two-exhaustive we went through today,” Kiffin said. “He got the intellectual reps, but it’s not the same as the natural reps.”
Andrew Walter and Marques Tuiasosopo split time at quarterback as they battle for the holdup position behind Russell.
Both at times, with Tuiasosopo a pair of interceptions during -on-seven drills, and Walter being elite off by DeAngelo Hall on the first play of a late-game urge.
“We do have a competition for our additional spot at quarterback. So that’s the explicit way of looking at it, guys are reps,” Kiffin said. “But that’s not what we want or need fitting now. We need to get our No. 1 guy in there, especially with so many new smithereens around him - with the new left tackle, the new back, new receivers. Every day’s very valuable for him.”
