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The Raiders Are Kings of the World!I kid, of course. But allow me to congratulate Coach Lane Kiffin and the Oakland Raiders on ending the 17-game losing streak of pure AFC West shame and, barring a freakish miracle, nailing the 3rd and final win of the 2008 NFL season. That's a 50% improvement on Art Shell's gross incompetence, so huzzah to the boys. I'll be honest, I actually thought we'd pull down 4 wins this season. Crazy but true. After a summer listening to Kiffin's stuttered song and dance about innovative methods and youthful vision, I had about a half inch of hope going into the season. That grew to a whole inch after a near miss in Denver and two straight wins going into week 5. At that point, I couldn't help but sit back and think, "Dare I believe?" ... Well, I didn't and we dropped 6 games in typical Raider fashion. As such, I didn't have much hope for Sunday with the Chiefs. I figured we'd make a battle of it before pissing the game away with a minute to spare.
The 2004 New York Jets aside, no Herm-led team has had a winning record after 6 games. Add that to the fact that Edwards is not only one of the worst clock managers of all time but also one of the worst in-game field generals since Gen. Ambrose Burnside, and I should have known that the odds were just too high in our favor for things to go wrong. Go Raiders and thanks Herm!  Posted at November 27, 2007 1:30 PM Permalink • Filed under: NFL , Oakland Raiders |
But while thinking about everything that could go wrong for the Silver and Black, I failed to consider the one thing that could work to our advantage at the end of the 4th quarter: Herman Edwards.
Comments (7): The Raiders Are Kings of the World!
Silver
November 27, 2007 3:22 PM
Come on Flash. You can't lump Edwards and Burnside together. That old general wasn't any kind of player's coach like Big Herm!
Esky
November 27, 2007 7:10 PM
"The 2004 New York Jets aside, no Herm-led team has had a winning record after 6 games."
How's that possible? How's he still gettin jobs????
Julius
November 27, 2007 9:00 PM
You had to love the timeout on top of the failed challenge to leave KC with one timeout and a horrible kicker. Herman Edwards is a good guy but damn. How does he not figure this out?? His team has enough problems. The coach should at least be on his game.
AJ
November 27, 2007 11:46 PM
As long as Cam Cameron and Norv Turnover are head coaches in the league, Edwards will keep getting jobs. He's as dynamic as he is mediocre. There's always gonna be a dumb ass owner willing to hire him.
Mick
November 28, 2007 3:28 AM
Where the hell is Jamarcus Russell? Oakland could have lost 8 with him just as easy as they have with Culpepper. What's Kiffin saving him for?
Toxic
November 28, 2007 7:45 AM
"You can't lump Edwards and Burnside together."
I don't think Herm could ever grow a set of whiskers like that.
Hadrian
November 28, 2007 12:55 PM
He's horrible but I'll still take Edwards over Dick Jauron.
And what's up with the Civil War dude? It looks like he's too fat to button his jacket all the way.