JaMarcus Russell blaming Raiders for his failures is exactly why he flopped
JaMarcus Russell is doing just fine without football
While life wasn’t ideal with the Raiders, things seem to have gotten considerably better for the infamous first-overall pick.
“My pivot was after football, to becoming a human being again. You have to recalibrate that. I’m still working on becoming a better person day-by-day”.
To Russell’s credit, him telling his truth is refreshing. Russell appears open as he tells what he believes to be his truth, and genuinely in a great frame of mind. While we wish he handled his business differently in Oakland, it sounds like he has some regrets of his own.
“I regret that I couldn’t be that guy. Forget who everyone else wanted me to be, it was about who I wanted to be for myself”.
That’s the past, though, and Russell tries not to live in the past too much.
“I’m doing well and I’m living life”.