The NFL has another contender for biggest draft bust

Move over Ryan Leaf, Tony Mandarich and Charles Rogers. The NFL has another contender for biggest draft bust.

After three years, more than $39 million and only Nike Air Max shoes seven wins as the starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders, JaMarcus Russell's career in Oakland is over.

The top overall pick in the 2007 draft, Russell was a ghd hair colossal failure in Oakland. Two weeks after acquiring quarterback Jason Campbell from Washington, the Raiders released Russell. At 24, his NFL career is at a crossroads, and whether he'll even get an offer from another club is problematic.

"We wish him well," senior executive John Herrera told The Associated Press.

The decision signifies that owner Al Davis finally lost patience with the immensely talented but unproductive player he drafted against the wishes of former coach Lane Kiffin.

Russell showed up at last week's minicamp, saying he would keep coming to work until told otherwise. He looked decent in the first of five practices last weekend, but got less work as the weekend went on.

The Raiders paid Russell about $36.4 million through last season. They still owe him $3 million more, putting the final tally on his earnings at about $39.4 million. But the team saved $6.45 million by not having him on the roster in 2010.

Since the start of the common draft in 1967, only one other No. 1 pick was released this quickly in his NFL career. Indianapolis cut 1992 top pick Steve Emtman after three seasons, but that was more because of injuries than production.

Russell's tenure in Oakland got off to a rough start and never got much better. He held out his first season, not signing a contract until after the first game of the regular season. That made his rookie season almost a complete loss, as he started only one game.

He showed some signs of progress in his second season, especially in winning the final two games against Houston and Tampa Bay. But the problems of work ethic and his weight never disappeared and his third season was an utter disaster.