NFL Teams That Will Never Live Down Their Embarrassing Mistakes

The Oakland Raider Fall For A REALLY BIG ARM

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Al Davis always loved flashy players. In 2007 he spent the Oakland Raiders’ number one overall draft pick on one of the flashiest college players of all time. The massive armed quarterback out of Louisiana made headlines in college with a video online where he launches a football 70 yards down-field from his knees. We are of course talking about JaMarcus Russell, a player who became such a draft bust he barely lasted two years in the NFL and has not been heard from since. In his very short run as the starting quarterback, Russell completed just 52 percent of his passes and won so few games it’s not worth looking up the actual number.