McCown to start for Oakland

by Behbigben15

This just came in, Josh McCown is expected to start at least week one for the Oakland Raiders against his former team the Detroit Lions. I don't think McCown will last long, by week 5, maybe 6 he will probably be benched for recently acquired Daunte Culpepper. The only reason, I think, that McCown will be the starter, is because he was with the team the whole offseason, and he is comfortable with the system, and looks like he is more mobile as of right now. If you're a Raiders/Culpepper fan don't sweat it, McCown should be benched pretty quickly. I think McCown will have a nice start considering Oakland starts off the season at home against the Detroit Lions, and a farely easy schedule until their bye week (week 5). The first four games for the Raiders are as follows: (1) v.s. DET, (2) at DEN, (3) v.s. CLE, (4) at MIA, (5) BYE.

McCown's past doesn't look too promising up against Culpepper's. We didn't even mention the Oakland Raiders QB of the future, who is currently unsigned, JaMarcus Russell, who is hurting himself by not signing, instead holding out. At this time next year, who knows, Russell could be the guy in Oakland, and he could be a superstar. If Russell doesn't stop being a punk, and F#@$ing sign already, we may never know. Here is what McCown looks like compared to Culpepper last year, and in his career.

2006 Stats

• McCown (ARI)- 2 games: 0 Pass ATT

• Culpepper (MIA)- 4 games: 81 for 134, 929 Pass Yds, 2 TD, 3 INT, 60.4 PCT, 77.0 Rating

Career Stats

• McCown (DET, ARI)- 5 years (35 games): 498 for 862, 5,431 Pass Yds, 25 TD, 29 INT, 57.8 PCT, 72.1 Rating

• Culpepper (MIN, MIA)- 8 years (85 games): 1,759 for 2,741, 21,091 Pass Yds, 137 TD, 89 INT, 64.2 PCT, 90.8 Rating

And, yes I am so excited for the NFL season to start, that I am writing about the Oakland Raiders QB situation.

Dukeboy999Varsity Captain

822 days ago

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I think we should add a News section of the site. Because this isn't really a full article. However it is valuable to the site to have updated sports news.

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Confessions Of A FanaticDiv-I Stud

822 days ago

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I actually think this is a full article. It doesn't just announce the news, but goes into the thought behind the decision. If it was just a two sentence blurb about the news, then I'd say it was designated for the locker room. But since it's a fair length, I think it's fine here.

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IbeargRed-Shirting

822 days ago

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i agree with confessions... if it was just news it would have basically said: Josh McCown to start, he's more comfortable than Culpepper. However this also gives an opinion on when he thinks Culpepper will start based on the schedule/performance. could it be more in depth and make more of a solid statement on what solid performance means for McCown, perhaps, but its the raiders... do people really want in depth analysis of the raiders at this point?

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J CunninghamVarsity Captain

822 days ago

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In-depth analysis of the Raiders: They stink. The end.

I actually think McCown got the nod over Culpepper because Oakland doesn't want to do what Miami did and rush Culpepper back too soon. They want to make sure that knee is as close to 100 percent as it can be before throwing Daunte out there.

And again, who's to really say Russell's not-signing is his fault? This is the Oakland Raiders we're talking about here ...

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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer

822 days ago

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If Daunte Culpepper cannot beat out Josh McCown to be the starting quarterback then his career is already toast. As for "rushing him back", geez its been almost 2 years since that injury?

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J CunninghamVarsity Captain

822 days ago

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The Dolphins admitted last year they rushed him back, and Culpepper said last year the knee still wasn't right. Often, rushing a guy back from a serious injury like that can set his recovery back even more, so it wouldn't surprise if he's not 100 percent even almost two years after the injury.

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