Oakland Raiders Week 8: Pressures, Hurries and Knockdowns

Oh Raiders, how you confuse and confound us so.

One week the Pop Warner-like offense is stalled by the San Francisco 49ers in a putrid effort leading to an uninspired loss.

The next week, they look like the Oregon Ducks on offense and roll over a division rival, putting up the most points in franchise history and showing everyone that this offense is no longer of the bed and breakfast variety.

Which team is the Oakland Raiders? As always, when an entity fluctuates between two extremes, the answer lies somewhere in the middle.

I'll tell you which team the Raiders are not: the Oakland Raiders of the past seven years. Sure, there are still glimpses, but they are becoming fewer and farther between, like a drunken hook-up that still calls once in a while no matter ho...

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