奥克兰突袭者将在自己的首场季前赛中对阵亚利桑那红雀，不过球队主帅莱恩·基芬（Lane Kiffin）还未透露将派哪名四分卫首发。唯一能确定的是，这个人选不会是尚未签约的状元秀贾马库思·拉塞尔（JaMarcus Russell），他至今仍呆在自己母亲位于阿拉巴马的家中。

　　当特·卡皮普（Daunte Culpepper）、乔什·麦克考恩（Josh McCown）和安德鲁·沃尔特（Andrew Walter）被放入了出场大名单。

　　基芬表示："在这个位置上，我们有3名球员展开竞争，但他们中的任何一人都没有表现地特别突出。我们没有必要现在就宣布首发名单，而是给他们各自表现的机会，当然最好的情况是他们都有平等的上场机会。"从训练营的情况来看，麦克考恩和沃尔特在周二的训练中与一线进攻组一起练习，看起来会在对阵红雀的比赛得到大部分上场时间。

　　卡皮普7月31日刚刚与突袭者签约一年，被看作是最有可能首发的球员。在训练营中他与二线进攻组一起训练，正试着跟上基芬的进攻节奏，预计在对阵红雀的比赛中他的上场时间将很有限。基芬说："我们现在还没有打过一场真正的比赛，所以我们将尽一切可能推动卡皮普进步，然后看看他到底能做到多好。"在与突袭者队短暂的相处里，卡皮普已经证明了自己的手臂依然健康。在传球训练中，他的传球比麦克考恩和沃尔特的更精准干脆。但他因为右膝的老伤缺席了上赛季的大部分比赛，在身体灵活性上还存在问题。

　　所以，麦克考恩和沃尔特还是有机会的。前者是在选秀日从底特律雄狮交易来的球员，从2005年开始他还没有在常规赛中作出一次传球。上赛季他在雄狮队一直担任乔·基特纳（Jon Kitna）的替补，在随后的赛季间歇期他成为了自由球员，希望能赌到一个首发的位置。

　　沃尔特上赛季在突袭者首发8场，球队2胜6负。他有13次传球被截，传球成功率只有55.8%，是联盟传球成功率最低的四分卫。在联赛间歇期，他接受了右膝的手术，直到训练营开始才恢复训练。

　　与此同时，拉塞尔仍未签约，成为仅有的两名没有合同在身的首轮新秀之一。他的代表还没有对合同问题作出任何公开声明，出席了训练的球队首席谈判代表马科·巴丹（Marc Badain）也拒绝透露任何消息。而一直在谈判过程中与拉塞尔保持联系的基芬，在被问道合同是否接近达成时，也显得不乐观。

　　基芬补充说："谈判拖延的每一天都影响到了他参加季前赛的机会，每一场他错过的练习都会使他掉队掉地更远。我们只是在说当特要赶上球队的步伐有多困难，因为他已经有很长时间没有打过比赛了。而现在，还有一位从来没有在联盟里打过球的人，所以他所缺席的每一天都影响到了他的参赛机会。"

原文 

NAPA, Calif. (Aug. 7, 2007) -- Lane Kiffin isn't saying yet who the Oakland Raiders starting quarterback will be for the preseason opener against Arizona.

The only thing for certain is that it won't be JaMarcus Russell, the unsigned No. 1 draft pick who remains at his mother's house in Mobile, Ala.

Daunte Culpepper, Josh McCown and Andrew Walter are all listed together on the depth chart put out by the team.

"The thought was that we're obviously in a competition at that spot (and) no one of the three has emerged as a clear-cut guy by any means," Kiffin said. "We don't need to have the starter (named) right now so we're going to let them play, and to the best that we can, they'll have equal reps in the game."

As they have throughout training camp, McCown and Walter split reps with the Raiders' first-team offense Tuesday and figure to get the majority of work against the Cardinals. Culpepper -- who became the favorite to win the starting job after signing with a one-year deal with Oakland on July 31 -- practiced with the second-team offense and will have a limited package of plays against Arizona while he tries to get up to speed with Kiffin's offense.

"We're not playing a real game yet so we'll just keep pushing him as hard as we can push him along and see how far he comes," Kiffin said.

In his brief time with the Raiders, Culpepper has proven his arm is fine. During passing drills, his throws are sharper and more crisp than either McCown's or Walter's. But there are still questions about Culpepper's mobility after he missed most of last season due to lingering problems in his right knee.

There are reservations about McCown and Walter, as well.

McCown was part of a draft-day trade with Detroit and hasn't thrown a pass in a regular-season game since 2005. He spent all of last season as a back-up to Jon Kitna with the Lions and was hoping to parlay a starting job this year into a big payday next offseason when he becomes a free agent.

Walter was 2-6 as a starter for the Raiders last season and was the lowest rated quarterback in the NFL after throwing 13 interceptions and completing 55.8 percent of his throws. He underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in the offseason and wasn't able to practice until the team opened camp.

Meanwhile, Russell remains unsigned and is one of only two first-round picks without a contract. His representatives have yet to speak publicly on the matter, and Marc Badain -- the Raiders' chief negotiator with Russell -- declined to comment after attending practice.

Kiffin, who has maintained contact with Russell throughout negotiations, didn't sound optimistic when asked if an agreement with Russell was close.

"I wouldn't use the word close, no," Kiffin said, adding that the prolonged talks are hurting the rookie quarterback's chances of playing in the preseason. "Every day hurts him. Every (missed) practice just puts him that far behind. We just talked about how hard it is for Daunte to catch up and he's been playing in this league for a while. Here's somebody who's never taken a snap in the league, so every day that he misses hurts his chances."