Raiders QB Russell admitted mistakes in loss to Jets

The Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell eventually realized that it was partly his fault that caused the team’s shameful 0-38 loss to the New York Jets last Sunday. He understands now why Coach Tom Cable benched him in the second quarter of the game.

Russell surely did not realize that immediately after the game as he said he didn’t feel like he made any bad reads or decisions in the game. It was after three days of further review that he addressed the media and said there were “mistakes out there. Everybody saw that. Good or bad, take that in stride and learn from it.”

His mistakes included: lining the team up in the wrong formation and losing a fumble on the first play from scrimmage, throwing a ball in an area with no receivers on the third possession, and throwing an interception in the end zone on the next drive.

Fans booed mercilessly, commentators have ripped him and Cable benched him. Even before the game in which he made mistakes, he had not been giving satisfying performance as a starter in Raiders jersey- he was the second-worst quarterback in the league with rating at 47.2. But the loss was not caused all by Russell’s fault. For the past five weeks, the Raiders offense has been inept, scoring just 29 points and two touchdowns in losing four of five games. I guess there would not be much improvement in near future as Cable said Russell would still start for the team this weekend against the San Diego Chargers.