APGarcia (right) is going after Russell's job.by News Wire
July 04, 02009
From Sam Farmer of the LA Times:
As a new quarterback for the Oakland Raiders, Jeff Garcia will be playing under a black flag now.
APGarcia (right) is going after Russell's job.
And he won't be waving a white one.
So don't expect the 39-year-old Garcia, a scrapper throughout his career, to back off one bit even though he's second on the depth chart behind JaMarcus Russell, selected No. 1 in the 2007 draft.
Nor is Garcia going to tiptoe gingerly around the question of which quarterback he thinks should be starting when the season rolls around.
"Not knocking JaMarcus or anybody else on the team, but I have a belief in my own abilities," Garcia said in a phone interview from his home in San Diego.. "[That has] me feeling I am the best quarterback on the team. That's just how I approach the game."