December 18
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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The Raiders have put themselves in the running for the team with the least cost-effective player in the history of football. The end seems near for JaMarcus Russell, the top pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, with the announcement that the Raiders have decided to keep him on the bench as a healthy backup quarterback and allow journeyman Charlie Frye to start on Sunday. If he hadn't already, Russell now moves to the head of the conversation -- along with Ryan Leaf and Tony Mandarich - as the biggest draft mistakes in NFL history. Although those players qualify based on when they were picked and their on-field performances - or lack of - Russell makes even a stronger case because of the immense ..."