Oakland Raiders need Al Davis to go away…
They really need Al Davis to walk off into the sunset. I understand his need as the owner to want things his way but when is he going to realize that he is the problem. It’s like Dolan with the Knicks and Steinbrenner when the Yankees were going bad. Sometimes the owner needs to distance himself and see it for what it is. Feel free to make all the comments you want and demand a winning team and all that but leave personnel decisions to those paid to make them and trust them. Who would want a job with the Raiders? Would you buy a home or just rent? That’s what I thought.
Oakland just announced that they are planning on releasing DeAngelo Hall. In case you forgot, Hall was acquired from Atlanta and given a 70 million dollar contract. The Raiders even gave up a 2nd round pick which is like gold in today’s NFL draft. Hall isn’t having a terrible year and will be picked up very quickly after release. He has 3 picks and had a high in tackles last week. The Raiders are terrible and are going into selling mode but are they going to get someone better than Hall to play corner? He was arguably one of the top 5 corners in football and yet after 8 games they might cut him. It’s no wonder this franchise is the laughing stock of the league. Outside of the Bengals as the league joke, the Raiders are 2nd place and closing quickly. Did I mention that they had 3 first downs last week? 3 in the entire game. Demarcus Russell looks horrible and surprisingly easy to tackle for a giant sized QB.
The Raiders have already paid Hall 8 million plus and despite him having a subpar season he’ll be acquired quickly. It doesn’t surprise me though as I watch this, maybe the Raiders will hire Norv Turner once San Diego cans him. Then bring back Art Shell again at some point. Either way, this once proud franchise is going down the drain.
