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Kudos to the reader who pointed out to us a riveting nugget buried in a free-agency review from Don Banks of SI.com.
Per Banks, there are rumors that Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell is closing in on 300 pounds.
Three. Hundred. Pounds.
He’s officially listed on the team’s web site at 255.
If Russell is indeed up to 300 pounds, he’d take over the crown of heaviest NFL quarterback from Giants backup Jared Lorenzen, who is listed at 285.
Then again, if the Lord of the Ring Dings is officially listed at 285, our guess is that he’s already north of 300.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
It’s kind of funny looking back at the fact that Brady Quinn and JaMarcus Russell are literally polar opposites in terms of thier dedication to physical fitness. Shouldn’t GM’s consider this next time as a potential sign of just how serious a given player may be taking his career?
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March 10th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
If JaMarcus Russell is anywhere near 300 pounds, then the blame lies squarely on Lane Kiffin. No NFL starting quarterback’s health should be so blatantly unmonitored by his team. The Raiders committed a guaranteed $29 million to Russell, in a six-year $61 million contract. If Russell’s weight was an issue, the Raiders should have had an assistant monitoring his weight weekly.
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March 10th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
It’s about time fat guys got their Cecil Fielder-like heroes in pro football.
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March 10th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
That is Super Bowl winning Lord of the Ring Dings
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March 10th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
That certainly sounds bad…but remember, he said he played his junior season at LSU between 285-290. It certainly didn’t seem to affect his abilities then, as he started scrambling more and more as the year went on.
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March 10th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Every time I see this guy talk I’m convinced he’s going to be a bust. He displays the mental capacity of an ameba. To be a successful QB in the NFL you must possess intelligence and be mentally prepared. I don’t see it in this guy. If the kid is eating his way towards a career as a sumo, then it just further cements into my mind that he’s not too bright and won’t be able to handle the mental aspects of the job. He will be a big fat doughy bust.
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March 10th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
So then, you could say that he is now as bloated as the Raiders’ payroll, after their current overspending spree in free agency?
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March 10th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
[…] oatmeal to a $50 million dollar contract. It appears Jamarcus Russel may have eaten it all, because rumors are swirling that he now weighs over three hundred pounds. “If Russell is indeed up to 300 pounds, he’d take over the crown of heaviest NFL […]
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