JaMarcus Russell

Update: The National Football Post is reporting that there has been “very little” interest in former No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell. Teams are reportedly still uneasy about Russell’s weight issues and being out of shape. One of the first knocks against Russell was his lack of discipline and conditioning, which helped derail his football [...]

NFL Draft LSU DE Barkevious Mingo has worked out for: Chiefs, Browns and Falcons. He also visited with the Titans, Jaguars, Bills, Browns and Panthers. (Ian Rapoport) Alabama CB Dee Milliner is no longer sporting a sling following his recent shoulder surgery and is “feeling good.” (Dave Birkett) USC QB Matt Barkley will visit with the Browns tomorrow and the Bills on Wednesday. [...]

NFL Draft Former LSU CB Tyrann Mathieu has visits set up with the Vikings, Bucs, Patriots, 49ers, Bills, Cardinals, Bengals, Texans, Seahawks & Falcons. (Albert Breer) NFL Free Agents DB Mike Jenkins is looking for a multi-year contract. (Ryan O’Halloran) QB JaMarcus Russell is going to have hold a pro day this offseason. (Jim Corbett) 49ers [...]

NFL Free agent ILB Bart Scott is reportedly ”drawing interest from a few teams.” (NFLTR) Free agent JaMarcus Russell will hold workout for teams around April 10. (Tony Pauline) NFL Draft Dr. James Andrews mentioned that RB Marcus Lattimore suffered “as bad a knee injury as you could possibly get.“ 49ers Retaining WR Ted Ginn is not one [...]

NFL QB JaMarcus Russell reportedly ran a 5.2 forty-yard dash and posted a 29-inch vertical while training for a return to the NFL. (Birmingham News) NFL Draft Two NFL scouts ripped USC QB Matt Barkley for not throwing at the Combine. (Yahoo Sports) LSU CB Tyrann Mathieu reportedly posted a 4.47 forty-yard dash time during his [...]

NFL Free agent QB JaMarcus Russell is working out at TEST West in the hopes of returning to the league. (San Jose Mercury News) NFL Draft West Virginia QB Geno Smith plans to participate in all drills at next week’s Combine. (Gil Brandt) Texas S Kenny Vaccaro could be working his way up to a Top [...]

Conor Orr of the Newark Star-Ledger reports that members of the Jets have had “some very exploratory, informal discussions” regarding former Raiders’ No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell. The report mentions that these talks were held after GM Mike Tannenbaum was let go, but doesn’t say whether or not new GM John Idzik was part of these discussions. Last week, multiple [...]

Ian Rapoport tweets that former Raiders first-round pick QB JaMarcus Russell is attempting a comeback and could show up at this year’s NFL Combine. Russell is reportedly 305 lbs right now, but is hoping to get down to a more reasonable 265 in the near future. Rapoport adds that Russell is “serious this time.” This is [...]

If Al Davis has proven anything in term of his negotiating abilities, it’s that he doesn’t fear over paying players, e.g. Nnamdi Asomugha, Javon Walker, JaMarcus Russell, and now Richard Seymour. While Asomugha and Seymour were productive, their contracts are much higher than they would have gotten on the open market. Yesterday the Raiders brought [...]

The Miami Dolphins won Sunday’s game against Tennessee but at a pretty high cost. Both Chad Pennington and Chad Henne will be out for the remainder of the season which leaves Tyler Thigpen as the teams only quarterback on the roster. ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter reports that the Dolphins are looking at Tom Brandstater while [...]

Bear’s backup Quarterback, Caleb Hanie, injured his right shoulder in the teams first preseason game. Hanie will under go further tests to determine the severity of the injury but the Bears will no doubt be looking for alternative options in case the injury is worse than the initially thought. Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times explored the teams options [...]