Man, I Miss My Raider Family!

I think he has gotten a raw deal in the court of public perception. It’s not like he is working with guys that were supposed to light the world on fire. You mentioned DHBs improvements but also look how much more polished Jacoby was than advertised. Sanjay deserves credit for this.

I am not at all hopeful for the stadium fund. Are you?

‘tis what we do as fans, when we don’t see what we wanna see on the field. It’s comfortable to bang blame on something without knowing exactly what it is. I’ve no doubt I’d be impressed if I met him as well. I do question why I have never heard his name mentioned by any Raider receiver to my knowledge, but, for now, I’ll stand corrected and of course hope for big things.

as for this:

Are we screwed because of the proposed cap? Will there be a stadium fund? How healthy is Mr. Davis?

absolutely not!~ have we not learned that questioning how Al does it just leads to knee-jerk speculation on our part, and we’re often surprised, quite pleasantly I might add, that we’re not as screwed as we think we are? How many times? seriously. How many???

As for the stadium: I have no clue, and for now, could care less, but know that something will be brewing in the future because that’s what the owners have planned as does the league, but we might remain the step kid late to the table yet again… but if we win… it’s wide open.

I would suspect Al is as ornery as ever, and that we might be the first to know if a real health issue were to arise.

Once again. It’s good to hear from you, and hope your travel endeavors went well. As for the latest mood swing by the public in response to the latest orchestrated “leaks” from the “secret” meetings, I believe are completely premature, and we’re simply seeing things get worse before they get better, as they did before a deal was struck last time around. I suspect, both sided, especially the owners, will attempt to avoid entering an agreement they’ll wish to opt out of in three years.

I’m in the Black Hole this year! Almost directly beneath your seats where we joined you last year for the Broncs smashing! Can’t wait! I’m optimistic the CBA, or something that allows camp to start until the CBA, will be done in time so no team misses camp, and we’ll know right around the 4th.

I’ve also held strong, that despite the odds and almost universal media opinion against it, that we keep Asomugha, Bush, and Miller.

I’ve believed your news about not seeking a receiver has been true all along. I do hope we look for O line help, and still would like to tap some UFA lb talent that could come cheap.

I too have been absent from the blog. Been here once ever two weeks instead of every two days, but life takes control sometimes.
Wouldn’t hold my breath for a stadium fund, I think the NFL wants us to share a stadium rather than help us with one of our own.
Al’s health will forever be a mystery.
As for the cap, when has Al ever been afraid of paying the tax for going over? Rich posted a great article about shedding around 15 mil of over paid players, and we might just cut some of them to get closer to the cap number. The only thing I worry about is our ability to bring any free agents or Nam back. Right now we will have issues signing our draft picks if we try to stay under the cap, so I think Al will (in his true fashion), say screw the cap and pay the luxury tax. He wants to win NOW, and this team has the ability to do it.

Glad to hear all is well with you, hope to see you back on a daily when football gets back into full swing.

I also am guilty of bashin…Just seems like a huge drop off ever sense Freddy B retired and I couldn’t find anything that gave any merit to Sanjay as a coach with any worthwhile experience…Glad to know I’m wrong…But how else do we know without folks like you to make the needed efforts to gather that info and report it to us….Obviously all others in the “Mediot” group have failed…

I suspect the actual Cap $‘s will be higher than speculated…$120 Mil X 32 teams only = $3.84Bil….Where will the rest of that $4.4175 Bil come from if not within the Cap…Benefits???….A figure of $138 Mil would translate to the Player’s projected income @ 47.5% of $9.3 Bil….

meet the Team when the Bell Tolls].
The Black Hole is good for the Soul.