The Oakland Raiders’ cluster of a season grows more comical by the day, whether it’s a humiliating dismantling at the hands of the Oakland Raiders, or firing an up-and-coming head coach that got the most out of his shit-filled roster. But this recent move may take the cake. Various reports say the Raiders are close to cutting ties with dickhead cornerback DeAngelo Hall, their high-priced acquisition from the offseason.

Remember when Hall and Nnamdi Asomugha were going to form the most lethal cornerback duo in the AFC? Welp, Asomugha held up his end of the bargain, but Hall has been the trainwreck we knew and loved in the ATL. When he’s not racking up personal foul penalties, he’s getting pimp slapped by studs like Michael Jenkins and Eddie Royal. 

Somewhere in Atlanta, the Falcons’ brass is LOLing. Not only did they watch the Raiders throw a $70 million extension at Hall, but they got a second round pick out of the deal, a pick that will probably be in the low 30s due to Oakland’s failboat of a season. But yeah, it was Lane Kiffin’s fault, definitely. 

Even if Hall is cut, you think he gives a shit? He’s already got paid $8 million and if he’s able to hold onto his job through the offseason, he’s due another $16 million. But hey, lets be honest. Hall is the lone blemish on an offseason that included monster contracts to Javon Walker, Tommie Kelly and Gibril Wilson.

Or does it?  Lane Kiffin was fired today by Al Davis and in typical Al Davis fashion, he is not going to honor the rest of Kiffin’s contract.  We all knew that Davis didn’t want to pay out the rest of Kiffin’s contract, that is why he was pressuring him to quit.  So while the Kiffin era ends in Oakland, perhaps the fall out from it is just starting.  I would imagine that Kiffin will want to be paid the money that is owed to him under his contract, and no doubt a grievance will be fired.  And not only is Davis trying to withhold pay, but Davis is such a stand up guy that he fired Kiffin by telephone.  You have to love an owner who refuses to meet with the coach he has put on the hot seat and then when he finally does decide to fire him, does it by phone.  When was the last time these two even saw each other?  The pre-season?

Now the search for the next Raiders head coach beings.  I for one would suggest hosting a reality TV show to determine who it will be.  Hell, this organization is already a joke, why not capitalize more on that joke and make more money by having your own TV show?  Plus if we could get Al Davis to host it then we can look at his ugly mug and make fun of him constantly.  It sounds like a win win situation, except for the fact that I don’t think anyone in their right mind would want to take that job.

For now the duty will fall to someone else within the organization.  Supposedly it is going to be offensive line coach Tom Cable. Though Al Davis has a man crush on Rob Ryan so I’m surprised he isn’t going that route.  But undoubtedly the team will have no more success than they did under Kiffin.  At least for him the team played hard for a coach they all liked.  Now they all know the season is a lost cause and they aren’t playing for their coaches job anymore so I think it is safe to assume the rest of the year in Oakland isn’t going to be pretty.

There was a point in time during yesterday’s Raiders Chargers game where it looked like the Oakland Raiders were a 12-4 team, not a 4-12 team.  Then, as reliable as the sun rising, the Raiders flipped the switch and went into “Raider mode.”  Instead of throwing up a hail mary pass to end the half, Head Coach Lane Kiffin called for the field goal team to go onto the field and for Sebastian Janikowski to attempt a 76 yard field goal.  76 yards! The NFL record is 63 and that was kicked in the thin air of Denver with wind assistance.  This was 76 yards into the wind in the dead air of Oakland.

It was at this point that I realized that Lane Kiffin simply doesn’t give a shit about his job anymore.  JaMarcus Russell has arguably the strongest arm in football, throwing an off balance pass 70 yards earlier in the game.  There was no question that Russell could get it to the endzone, it was a matter of Kiffin letting him try it.  Screw it.  Why not try and kick the longest field goal in NFL history with the fattest kicker in NFL history.  Of course Janikowski shorted it, barely getting it inside the five yard line.  Not that it would have mattered even if it had the distance; Janikowski pulled the shit out of it to the left.

Update: Thanks to Deadspin who located a video of the play.  Enjoy it before it promptly gets removed by the NFL Youtube Nazis

Green Bay will be just fine. Despite the best effort of his offensive line to stall drives with mind numbing penalties, Aaron Rodgers played a great game last night in the national spotlight.  Rodgers threw for a touchdown and ran another one in as the Packers held on to beat the Vikings 24-19.  See, we weren’t wrong when we said that the Packers would be fine without that idiot, Favre.

Oakland…wont. Yikes.  Anyone who stayed up to watch the back end of the Monday Night Football doubleheader probably regrets it.  The Oakland Raiders looked like a combination of a train wreck happening in the midst of a tornado while a hurricane is bearing down.  They looked pathetic.  They looked worse than the thousands of goons in the stands dressed up as any horror figure from any movie ever.  It’s tough to make season long projections based on one weeks’ performance, but the Raiders looked like the worst team in football last night.  The problem is that, with Al Davis at the helm, it’s probably not going to change.

Tom Brady apparently got hurt? I don’t know if you saw this, ESPN hasn’t said much about it.  Brady blew his knee out on a hit by Kansas City safety Bernard Pollard on Sunday, effectively ending his season immediately after it started.  Losing Brady hurts; we know this.  But it’s the Patriots we are talking about here; they’ll find a way and get it done with Matt Cassel.  And if you’re a betting man, the Patriots are coming in as underdogs this week versus Bretty and the Jets.  Take it.

Dallas is the NFL’s best. I’ll go ahead and get this out of the way now.  In a week where some of the AFC’s finest looked bad in losses, the Cowboys looked outstanding in a win over last year’s surprise team, the Cleveland Browns.  Playoff history aside, this team appears to be the most rounded in the NFL by my estimations.  Felix Jones is going to be a superstar in the NFL some day, it’s just a matter of the Cowboys finding effecient ways to use him.  When they’re clicking, the Cowboys look downright scary.

Vince Young has fallen off his rocker. Even though there’s not much substance to the story about Young running off last night, I still have some concerns.  He looked bad again, the Titans fans boo’ed his ass, and Tennessee had to win in spite of him, not because of him.  Does Kerry Collins make the Titans a better team?  Hell no.  But we need to come to the realization that Vince Young sucks.

I’ve decided to mute Monday Night Football. If Tony Kornheiser makes one more Aaron Rodgers Brett Favre comparison, I’m going to fly to the booth and shove his mic down his throat.  Honestly, the only reason we’re still stuck on comparing Rodgers to Favre is because of punk asses like Kornheiser who are treating this like Favre was an ex girlfriend.  Stop it, assholes.  I’ll go ahead and warn you now; the Cowboys Eagles game is going to be filled with Jessica Simpson and PacMan banter.  I’ll give Ron Jaworski six weeks before he knocks Kornheisers ass out of the booth with a right hook because Kornhole is talking about something not pertaining to the game itself and subsequently interrupting Jaws while he tries to study film.

In this edition we take a look at the AFC West, complete with two of the worst teams in football (Chiefs and Raiders) and one of the best (Chargers).  In addition to discussing these teams in depth, we make our playoff and Super Bowl predictions, and you don’t want to miss those.

Hosts: Kevin, Rich, Ryan, Sonny

 

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