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NFL Tries To Forget about JaMarcus Russell

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If you’re in New York for the draft this week and you happen to pass by the NFL’s store in Manhattan, look up.

A reader passed along a photo of the images above the shop, which was opened earlier this month in advance of the draft.

The display contains shots of the first overall picks from 2005 through 2011. Except for one: JaMarcus Russell.

And here’s what makes it even more glaring. The display identifies Jake Long as the first overall pick in 2007.

It may not have been an accident. Three faces appear on one side of the display, and three appear on the other, with the 2012 NFL Draft logo in between. And so it goes Alex Smith in 2005, Mario Williams in 2006, Jake Long in 2007, draft logo in the middle, Matthew Stafford in 2009, Sam Bradford in 2010, and Cam Newton in 2011. By putting “2007″ next to Jake Long, the absence of 2008 is less noticeable in the symmetrical arrangement of photos.

As to the omission of Russell, it could be that the league has no authority to display his image, now that he is no longer party to the group licensing arrangement between the NFL and the NFLPA. Regardless of the reason, he’s being treated as if he never existed.

Raiders fans have been trying to do that for at least three years.

http://profootballta...marcus-russell/

Pretty interesting. What I find weird is that they list Long as the #1 pick for 2007 when he was actually the top pick in 2008. Why not just skip 2007?

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It had to be intentional.

He was the flavor of the year, the can't miss prospect, the end all be all of that year.

Biggest bust in the history of the NFL. They should have had his photo up there no matter how poorly he played, or flaked out.

On the other hand, he's the only one on the list that's no longer in the league. I think marking Long as 2007 was an honest mistake, but leaving him out was intentional.

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I kind of feel sorry for Russell. Wonder what hes up to nowadays..

I'm guessing he's probably up to between 350 and 400lbs.

You're a pretty compassionate person, Captain.

I have a tough time feeling sorry for a guy who collected 30+ million bucks for absolutely nothing.

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He was Andrew Luck?

The 2007 version.

With the 2012 NFL draft approaching later this month, let’s look back at a proclamation from ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper in 2007 about former and LSU star and No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell, who eventually flamed out of the league by 2009.

“Three years from now, you could be looking at a guy that’s certainly one of the elite top five quarterbacks in this league,” Kiper said during ESPN’s coverage at the time.

The man known for his protruding coif of hair, Kiper called Russell’s physical skills “John Elway-like.”

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I'm sure he's fine, sitting on that pile of money. Every time he gets upset about being a huge draft bust he just buys himself a new car or house......

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/Own-JaMarcus-Russells-Oakland-Mansion--117358698.html

Now given, the house might be upside down at this point, and it might be a better business decision to cut ties(hard to imagine), but nobody really knows how much money he does have.

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