Bruce Gradkowski Signs, JaMarcus Russell No Show

Bruce Gradkowski’s chances of being the Oakland Raiders starting quarterback looked good heading into this offseason. However, for Gradkowski to win the job, he would first need to sign a new deal and JaMarcus Russell would have to stay rutted in his old ways.

Today we got a big message for both players as Gradkowski signed a 1.76 million dollar, one year contract with the Raiders and showed up to the first day of the teams voluntary offseason conditioning program.

On the other hand, Russell was a no show on the first day of the conditioning program, and it looks like the man isn’t serious about turning his career around. If he was, you would have to believe he would at least be at the conditioning program (not that he needs, I, the man is in tip top shape) to at least show good faith to the team.

Time To Cut And Run?

Before I rip Russsell, let me say that I have been a supporter of Russell for awhile and have hoped that he would turn the corner in his career.

Now that  is out of the way, Russell disappoints me most by not showing up to this program because of everything that is on the line in his career and for the team. The Raiders aren’t that far away from being a very competitive team if they just had a decent quarterback.

While Russell is a bust, Gradkowski could be the quarterback this team needs to start winning more football games. I love his ability to create something out of nothing.

At this time, it looks like Gradkowski is ready to take over as Oakland’s starting quarterback and Russell isn’t even going to put up a fight.

NFL fantasy football player rankings writer Sean E. Douglas: fantasy-info.com