Raiders Training Camp Battle: JaMarcus Russell vs. Josh McCown vs. Andrew Walter

Published: July 27, 2007, 6:18 am

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Filed under: Raiders, Oakland, Featured StoriesTraining camp is finally here and FanHouse breaks down the most important position battles heading into the season, team by team.In a perfect world, one of the Raiders' veteran quarterbacks, Josh McCown or Andrew Walter, would play well enough that the team could feel free to take its time before putting No. 1 draft pick JaMarcus Russell under center. The Raiders' offense has been anything but a perfect world lately. And realistically, if the offense looks as ugly this year as it did last year, coach Lane Kiffin may feel he has no choice but to insert Russell as the starter early.But just how early will be determined in training camp, and seeing as Russell is holding out, it's going to be awfully hard for him to earn the job in time for the big Week 1 showdown with the Detroit Lions and No. 2 overall pick Calvin Johnson, who's also holding out. That makes the training camp battle look like it's going to be mostly a matter of McCown vs.

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