Rookie QBs Losing Traction

With each day that their respective holdouts drag on, Raiders QB JaMarcus Russell and Browns QB Brady Quinn are quickly dashing any hopes that they can make an impact for their teams in 2007.

While Quinn is widely believed to have an advantage in picking up and NFL offense because of his time with Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis, Russell is considered a ridiculously talented, but very raw, product who was going to struggle to make an impact as a rookie to begin with. Now whenever his holdout ends, Russell is going to have a bigger uphill battle to climb after Daunte Culpepper was added to the mix along with Josh McCown and Andrew Walter.

"(Russell is) obviously the quarterback of this team in the future," Culpepper said. "I feel I'm here for a reason, No. 1, to help this team, and also help him any way I can."

Quinn has a pair of his own veterans to leap-frog once he gets back on the field for the Browns. Derek Anderson appears to have a slight edge over Charlie Frye to start the season opener, but Quinn is losing valuable practice reps to both.