Mr Luzcious
08-12-2007, 01:36 PM
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7115598?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=5
JaMarcus Russell is still a camp holdout. Culpepper just joined the team last week. That left Josh McCown to start for the Raiders. August football is funny that way.
McCown started with a couple of three-and-out drives but rebounded to lead the sloppiest 12-play 80-yard scoring drive in NFL history (five penalties, two fumbled snaps, lots of ugly) before giving way to ... Andrew Walter. Walter went 8-of-11 for 50 yards and engineered a two-minute drill but also stumbled through his share of three-and-out series.
Culpepper took the field midway through the third quarter and promptly fumbled a snap. On his next possession, Culpepper dropped to pass, got sacked, and fumbled on the 4-yard line. Hey, the scouting reports were right: he really is a perfect fit in Oakland!
A fourth-quarter, 50-yard bomb to Johnnie Lee Higgins accounted for most of Culpepper's 78 passing yards. Culpepper's receivers did drop two passes, and the veteran ran well when rolling out, a sign that he is finally 100 percent healthy. It wasn't the debut Raiders fans were hoping for, but he deserves a chance to lead the starters in an upcoming exhibition.
Odds: Culpepper 3-to-1; McCown 4-to-1; Anderson 7-to-1; Russell 15-to-1.
JaMarcus Russell is still a camp holdout. Culpepper just joined the team last week. That left Josh McCown to start for the Raiders. August football is funny that way.
McCown started with a couple of three-and-out drives but rebounded to lead the sloppiest 12-play 80-yard scoring drive in NFL history (five penalties, two fumbled snaps, lots of ugly) before giving way to ... Andrew Walter. Walter went 8-of-11 for 50 yards and engineered a two-minute drill but also stumbled through his share of three-and-out series.
Culpepper took the field midway through the third quarter and promptly fumbled a snap. On his next possession, Culpepper dropped to pass, got sacked, and fumbled on the 4-yard line. Hey, the scouting reports were right: he really is a perfect fit in Oakland!
A fourth-quarter, 50-yard bomb to Johnnie Lee Higgins accounted for most of Culpepper's 78 passing yards. Culpepper's receivers did drop two passes, and the veteran ran well when rolling out, a sign that he is finally 100 percent healthy. It wasn't the debut Raiders fans were hoping for, but he deserves a chance to lead the starters in an upcoming exhibition.
Odds: Culpepper 3-to-1; McCown 4-to-1; Anderson 7-to-1; Russell 15-to-1.