Stand By Your Men

I'm a big believer in supporting your sporting teams no matter how well or poorly they happen to be playing. I'm ecstatic at the moment for the Los Angeles Kings. They're currently sitting second only to the Calgary Flames in the western conference. I'm fit to burst with excitement for Saracens RFC. They're number one in the Premiership and are undefeated this season.

Why, oh for fuck's sake, why can't the Oakland Raiders at least lose without looking like they're a geriatric womens' sewing circle rather than over $100M worth of professional sportsman?

I remember nearly 20 years ago when when the defensive teams had true greats like Howie Long and the offense consisted almost solely of the running skills of Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson. I remember us all screaming at Jay Schroeder because he seemed barely able to win a carnival ball toss game let alone throw with any sort of skill. Thank whatever power in the universe he went to Cincinnati in '93.

Now there's no skill on offense, defense or special teams. Maybe we can just call it a day now and just mark the rest of the season as forfeit. I've never been one to abandon my teams just because they play poorly (I'm an Oakland A's supporter and they haven't done anything interesting in decades)... but I'm not happy with the Raiders right now.

Not happy at all, Tom Cable!