JaMarcus Russell gives unusual response on being biggest NFL bust
Many NFL fans and experts alike may agree that former LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell is the biggest bust in league history.
Selected No. 1 overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2007 NFL Draft, Russell was expected to lead the franchise into their next era of success. Instead, the quarterback was famously out of the league by the end of the 2009 season.
Joining Ryan Clark and the guys on The Pivot Podcast, Russell gave an unusual response when asked if he’s the biggest bust in NFL history.
“When you look at it that way, I say I must have been the best to be the biggest, right? I’ll say my s*** didn’t turn out how I would have wanted it to, or not how they expected it to. But if you’re going to call me a bust like they say, put the biggest on that m***********, man. If you’re going to say it, put the biggest on that m***********. But that s*** don’t bother me, man,” stated Russell. “Like, that s*** is not in my world. In my world, I’m a m***********, you feel me? That b******* don’t happen, it don’t apply on my s***. It don’t apply to none of my family s—. It don’t apply to nothing that we have going on.
“Man, they can bust all they want. Like I tell them, I bust out and went to college. I bust out and bust some scenes out my s***. So, like it’s cool bro. Like, I’ve never really been the guy that really talks s***, but when I do it bro. S***, my homie right there, like come on bro. You know what’s happening bro. Like, this s— go deep bro. I’m still here bro. I just ain’t in the Instagram, and all that s***. I ain’t got nothing to show and tell.”
Evidently, Russell is embracing the moniker — he doesn’t just want to be a bust, he wants to be the bust. If people are going to say it anyways, he might as well get in on the fun.
Still, Russell used the game of football to set himself up for life. He may not have had the career he strived for on the field, but nobody can ever takeaway the fact that he was a No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, and all of the other accolades he accumulated.
When you speak about NFL busts, you better put some respect on JaMarcus Russell’s name — don’t come at the former LSU star without calling him the biggest bust in NFL history.