The wide receivers certainly deserve their share of the blame, especially when the occasional accurate pass of Russell hits them right in the hands and then is dropped. This happens far too many times for professional football and is a good part of a major lack of confidence that the offensive players have in each other.

However, the problems that are Russell’s are problems of fundamentals, and for that there are no excuses. I blamed Russell’s fundamentals problems last year on the inexperience of the then QB Coach, John DeFilippo. Well, now Russell has the highly experienced, qualified and successful, Paul Hackett and if Hackett is unable to teach Russell the fundamentals, then nobody can.

Here is what Chiefs strong safety Mike Brown had to say about Russell:

“(Russell) has turned the ball over more than any quarterback in the league,” Brown said. “That’s something that we talked about (coming in). And usually he only looks at one side of the field; he doesn’t read the whole field.”

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All the raw skills in the world won’t matter if the quarterback is just incapable of comprehending the game as a result of poor work ethic and low intelligence quotient, which unfortunately Russell has.

he might have had a semi decent game today if the receivers could even catch in 3.
The one thing that is very disturbing about JaMarcus is his body language and the fact he shows zero emotion which is not good for a team deperate for him to be a leader. When Gradkowski was in the one thing that stood out was his energy and even though we werent really any more successful in terms of putting points on the board due to the drops, it at least looked like we we capable of moving down the field scoring.

Clocked Clocked Clocked Clocked

because under no circumstances should starting two rookie receivers, let alone one receiver, be your primary option for receiver. Especially not a junior who’s college coaches said wasn’t even ready to enter the NFL, and the #2 receiver at Florida with the talent of a 6th. round pick. It’s not their fault that they were forced to start when they’re nowhere near ready.

But Russell holding onto the ball too long, fumbling repeatedly, making too many bad reads, not reading defenses, trouble checking down and evading pressure. Oh plus he can’t throw half way accurate to save his life.

If it was than we should be breaking runs for TD’s on every carry

Damn I was watching the game and I was kinda rooting for Raiders to pull it off since my brother Is a big time raider fan. Russell did his part he was leading them down field but who messed it up. DHB! wow, kid gots no hands. He needs to practice ALOT or do something cuz he can’t catch a ball consistenly. What’s top line speed if you can catch the ball to begin with? Well hope next game is better for you guys. Niners have been in quite a few games were we lost a heart breaker so I feel your guys pain.

the backs can’t get scared to get hit especially, in this league. If they could catch those they wouldn’t waste a down and get at least a few yards.