JaMarcus Russell Finally Benched

The Oakland Raiders have finally replaced JaMarcus Russell with journeyman Bruce Gradkowski. How it took this long we will never know. I suppose when you are paying a player as much money as the Raiders are paying Russell, you want to give him a chance to succeed. Russell was given plenty of time and has not seemed to make any improvement. He was pulled from the game 2 of the last 3 weeks, so patience was clearly running thin. While the Raiders haven't exactly surrounded him with talent, Russell clearly just does not have what it takes to be an NFL quarterback. To this point in the season he has only completed 47% of his passes and thrown only two touchdowns while turning the ball over 15 times. To make matters worse, he has reportedly been late for meetings all season and not shown the work ethic necessary to get better. It is one thing to struggle, it is another to not work at improving. Not sure what the Raiders can do with him at this point, but if he gets any fatter maybe they can switch him to the offensive line.