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Tom Martinez is a nationally renowned quarterbacks coach, and has been the personal tutor for new Tom Brady jerseyssince Brady's teen years.  He worked closely with eventual No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell prior to the 2007 NFL Draft, and believes Russell's career is salvageable.

Martinez says Russell didn't ruin himself.  The Raiders did it.

"He was never wanted there by any of the coaches," Martinez told Kristian R. Dyer of the New York Times.  "The only one who wanted him there was Al Davis. ... Al Davis told them to draft him.  He was the epitome of an Al Davis quarterback."

Martinez also noted that, during contract negotiations, the Raiders football jerseys spoiled Russell by paying him $4 million more than Russell was asking for rather than meeting in the middle.

As for Russell's sssslow development, Martinez blames the supporting cast Davis assembled.  Martinez pointed to weak offensive linemen, "receivers who don't know how to get open, who don't know how to separate," and misuse of running backs in the passing game.

The NFL's current version of passing-game gurus does not revolve around highly paid coaches or wily coordinators, but rather around star quarterbacks.

Peyton Manning foot jerseys, Tom Brady, new Drew Brees jerseys and Brett Favre preside over the air-attack command center.

But quarterbacks did not always overshadow their coaches' play cards.

In the 1980s, we here saw Bill Walsh's passing-game innovations turn the 49ers into a championship-catching dynasty. At about the same time down the California coast, Don Coryell was making his "Air Coryell" impact as the San Diego Chargers' coach.

Coryell died last week at 85. The term "passing-game guru" accompanied many of the obituaries written about him across the nation and Internet.

"I like to spread people all over and put them in motion and move them and try to put a good player on one that isn't as good," Coryell said.

That quote did not come during his renowned days as the Chargers' coach from 1978-86. Actually, he vividly recalled his coaching days during a phone interview four summers ago, when I came calling about one of his many assistants who went on to greatness, this one being John Madden.

To better understand Coryell's impact on the game — he was a Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist this year — you should understand where he developed his offensive ideas.