A Hard, Dark Place Produces Oakland Raiders In Glory, Beauty and Honor

Stages of development often are a part of something that becomes beautiful, glorious and honorable. Let's begin to look at the past seven years as the stage of development for what we anticipate in 2010.

We expect a beautiful, powerful and glorious team, the Oakland Raiders. Emerging from a hard, dark place somewhat like a cocoon, it has been a place of development.

Just as the length of time in the hard, dark place is different for different butterflies so it has been for the Oakland Raiders, a long, seven years.

But, during those seven years so much has been learned.

Quick fixes didn't work. We believe Al Davis has learned that lesson.

The team has had to wait for such a time as this, when so much talent is bonded together for a common cause. That ca...

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