... a collective sigh on Sunday when we learned Bruce Gradkowski would not be playing the second half against Washington.

The Raiders were trailing 17-10 going into half time.  The team had been playing pretty well on both sides of the ball. They could have had the lead if it wasn't for a couple of questionable calls.

Then JaMarcus Russell came in.

Russell really made me mad earlier in the week with his, "JaMarcus only worries about JaMarcus." comments.

Yet, I still held onto a glimmer of hope that maybe the benching had really got to him and he would show us why we drafted him number one.  His first series went OK...

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