No team, not even the Jaguars or Rams, played worse than the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. No team.
In the Falcons’ 24-0 win in Oakland, the Raiders managed just three first downs. Total. Three total first downs. They also mustered only 77 total yards, turned the ball over twice and held the ball for only 14 minutes and 45 seconds compared to the Falcons’ 45:15.
The Raiders finished with 10 passing yards. Ten passing yards…the entire game. At one point, JaMarcus Russell attempted a pass and threw the ball behind him like on those football follies videos.
This game was so bad that once Atlanta took a 24-0 lead with six minutes remaining in the second quarter, they ran out the rest of the game clock. Seriously, I don’t know if the Falcons felt bad for the Raiders or what, but they almost looked like they were purposely trying not to score.
Al Davis is getting what he deserves. He never allowed Lane Kiffin to run the team the way he wanted to and now he’s stuck with a team that clearly doesn’t want to play hard for Tom Cable.
