{"id":328653,"date":"2025-12-28T07:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jamarcus-russell-gives-advice-to-nfl-qbs-facing-top-pick-pressure"},"modified":"2025-12-28T07:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T12:30:06","slug":"jamarcus-russell-gives-advice-to-nfl-qbs-facing-top-pick-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/jamarcus-russell-gives-advice-to-nfl-qbs-facing-top-pick-pressure","title":{"rendered":"JaMarcus Russell Provides Recommendation to NFL QBs Going through Prime Choose Strain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">JaMarcus Russell<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Here&#8217;s My Advice To Young QBs<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-12-28T00:30:10-08:00\"><br \/>\n               December 28, 2025<br \/>\n              12:30 AM PST<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-b91fa3372cf3b731cd2f2c008f1e9775\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4a2380df-1931-48e3-bfc0-3294f19c9f08-1705186872-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-4a2380df-1931-48e3-bfc0-3294f19c9f08-1705186872-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Brian Callahan\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e5\/16by9\/2025\/12\/05\/e555343277694071b5f4d79839813cbe_md.png\" alt=\"120525 jamarcus russell kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b91fa3372cf3b731cd2f2c008f1e9775--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-139c89fb1b4f3af9bb94b97265652520\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Being an NFL quarterback isn&#8217;t easy, but what&#8217;s even harder than that? Adding the pressure of being the first overall pick. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jamarcus-russell\/\"><strong>JaMarcus Russell<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>knows that feeling all too well &#8230; and he spoke with <strong>TMZ Sports <\/strong>about the advice he would give players who find themselves in the same shoes he once did.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-139c89fb1b4f3af9bb94b97265652520--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3fdfa1ee2493913b4a7d165463e5ba08\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Just keep your head up,&#8221; Russell said when we chopped it up with him. &#8220;Never give up. Keep striving forward. You were the number one pick for a reason. Don&#8217;t get down on yourself, it comes with the sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3fdfa1ee2493913b4a7d165463e5ba08--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-774b07de4f7ddea81ed71aeb1c1fade2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20251223_6ccdc42e30e0479f832aed79880c5a4b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0b1e863d-f803-4182-aa12-b9a67eebe9a4\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6c\/4by3\/2025\/12\/23\/6ccdc42e30e0479f832aed79880c5a4b_md.jpg\" alt=\"bryce young cam ward Caleb Williams getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-774b07de4f7ddea81ed71aeb1c1fade2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-63d86537be5c0e6bd1944ed4c4a97dbd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;It don&#8217;t work overnight. When you&#8217;re not doing so good, the microscope on it so much because of you being the number one pick. Keep your faith, keep the film room and the weight room your best friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-63d86537be5c0e6bd1944ed4c4a97dbd--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5acb275fb4c87f1b0040cd1134bfdb6e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The past few seasons, we&#8217;ve seen quarterbacks selected first overall deal with obstacles. In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bryce-young\/\"><strong>Bryce Young<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>saw his head coach, <strong>Frank Reich,<\/strong> fired midseason after the team went 1-10. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/caleb-williams\/\"><strong>Caleb Williams<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>saw his head coach fired in his first season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5acb275fb4c87f1b0040cd1134bfdb6e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eaa98d3409fcfe77d6194cfa86f28ccf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Just this season &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/cam-ward\/\"><strong>Cam Ward<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>saw <strong>Brian Callahan <\/strong>let go after starting 1-5 &#8212; a 4-19 record overall in two years.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eaa98d3409fcfe77d6194cfa86f28ccf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b5d090c4b9577ad0186cfc2529802ed1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Russell &#8212; who lost his coach after four games into the second season &#8212; said that while it&#8217;s hard to stay focused when you lose your coach &#8230; it just comes with the sport.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b5d090c4b9577ad0186cfc2529802ed1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3d09223f698457dc4783ed8ea0a32432\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dwayne-bowe\/\"><strong>Dwayne Bowe<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>&#8212; who teamed up with Russell for their All Pro Academy &#8212; said at the end of the day &#8230; the circumstances a player gets drafted into also matter a LOT.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3d09223f698457dc4783ed8ea0a32432--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7fc73d2a09e36ef7070e1ebad5ab35d7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4e72a66c-20ca-48c8-91a4-d6f2db7d5d1d-483040099-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-4e72a66c-20ca-48c8-91a4-d6f2db7d5d1d-483040099-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/51\/16by9\/2025\/12\/05\/518ef1d541e6409caae18aa894385f4d_md.png\" alt=\"120525 dwayne bowe kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7fc73d2a09e36ef7070e1ebad5ab35d7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5932be8cf67273ef7e0543f9a82023f2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Check out his full thoughts in the full interview!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5932be8cf67273ef7e0543f9a82023f2--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/12\/28\/jamarcus-russell-advice-quarterbacks-facing-draft-pick-pressure\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JaMarcus Russell Here&#8217;s My Advice To Young QBs Published December 28, 2025 12:30 AM PST Play video content TMZSports.com Being an NFL quarterback isn&#8217;t easy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6029,6031,6032,406,6034,2116,6033,1318,1317,6030,6028],"class_list":["post-328653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-brian-callahan","tag-caleb-williams","tag-cam-ward","tag-coach","tag-dwayne-bowe","tag-head-coach","tag-jamarcus-russell","tag-national-football-league","tag-nfl","tag-professional-academy","tag-quarterback"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328655,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328653\/revisions\/328655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}