Monday, October 09, 2006

The Road to 0-16...

...is paved with games like yesterday's pathetic Oakland Raiders performance against the horrid San Francisco 49ers. Despite playing against a team with a holographic defense (it looks like it's there, but it's not) the Raiders managed to lay down like stinking dogs and get crushed, 34-20.

It wasn't even that close.

The 49ers managed to bungle two 4th and inches plays deep in Oakland territory when they had been running up the middle for 8-12 yards per carry. Had they made those first downs, the score might have been 48-20.

I've watched three of the four Raider games this year (via Tivo, never live) and this is the first time they just laid down and died on the field. They're already planning their January golfing vacations to Australia and it's only October. If they can just manage to get punked by the Texans later this season, they should be the first team to go 0-16.

We can only hope.

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