Oakland Raiders: Some Harsh Words Of Kindness

There is enough negative attention being put on the Oakland Raiders right now without further criticism from me. Let’s focus for a second on the positive side of things.

Positive thing number one is that about half of Raider Nation realized yesterday that it takes more than a quarterback to win on offense. JaMarcus Russell threw 33 passes yesterday. Twelve were complete, Head Coach Tom Cable called nine of them wide receiver drops, and one was overturned by a referee after the side judge called it a catch.

Break that down, and you can plainly see that Russell had the potential to complete 22 of those passes. Raider Nation took th...

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