jcollins28;2417359 said:
No, when that Vick deal all went down I said that by the time Vick is released "The Fat Akli Smith with an arm" AKA JaMarcus Russell will have played himself out of the league and the Raiders will sign Vick. So far Russell is keeping up his end of the deal.
A fat Akili Smith? It's hard for me to imagine a guy that Russell is LESS like than Akili Smith.
Smith was a guy who only played 1 season of "real" college football for Oregon, and was drafted for his promising athleticism.
Russell was a 2 year starter, won a national championship coming out of the SEC, and was drafted for his absolute cannon of an arm and his freakish size. A closer comparison would be some combination of Jeff George and Daunte Culpepper.
(This is not to say, by the way, that Russell is any good. I personally didn't like the pick and still don't like it)