Al Davis insisting on keeping Russell; what about Tom Cable?

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Originally Posted by over the mountain

If JR can get his act together and learn how to prepare like a NFL qb i think he could turn his career around. With some hard work and study sessions he could become atleast a decent starter. It doesnt help to have as many head coach changes as he has gone through in his career or be in Oakland with no real offensive help.

Hard to do that since you have a tremendous load of guaranteed $$$$$$$ just for signing up. JR is only the most extreme case of what is plagueing the entire NFL, or to be more truthful all of pro sports. You really only have a handful of players in each pro sport that actually want to win and excel even with the money. I mean honestly look at the state of our beloved Skins right now. Sure Zorn sucked as a HC with his playcalling, but we did supposedly have a decent roster when he came in here. Too many of our guys were virtual no shows this past season for the money they were receiving. Many others just under performed. Fletcher and JC were the only ones that seemed to keep fighting til the end. What they need to do is to cut the salaries to some base amount and pay the guys extra for plays made(TD's, receptions, yardage, points, pancakes, yards passing, etc). Use performance as the conduit for these guys to make the big bucks. Once you do that, then you will get some really interesting ball being played. Sooner or later something like this is going to happen. If the global economy tanks, folks are not going to be able to afford the outrageous ticket prices anymore.