“The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.”
- John Madden

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Stupid Raider Fan of the Week Award


This one was easy. Our newest member of the 'stick Hall of Fame is "ice4444" at the RaidersKickAss.com forums (quality Raider forum if you're into that sort of thing), who posted this gem today.
Arizona listened to Gen Man, myself and others; congrats! Arizona was LAST in rushing offense. 21st in giving up sacks #1 in passing offense What does that mean? They have 3 stud playmakers; Kurt Warner who knows how to deal with a big time rush; Even today he was being rushed at all times. He does slants, check offs to 3 step routes and then has the guy WE SHOULD HAVE DRAFTED in Larry Fitzgerald and Anquain Boldin. The Cards OLINE is avg at best. They are avg. at pass protection and terrible in run blocking. Warner: franchise QB that can carry a team Fitzgerald; best WR in the NFL Boldin; stud WR Most Raider fans RAVED about Gallery and Grove; the NFL combines still has Gallery with a couple of records. Draft superstars, not avg. We are talking about facts, not what might be or excuses. The Raiders need playmakers and other than McFadden; they have none at WR, or QB. Take crabtree in a heart beat; but now i dont think he'll last
I'd like you to meet Levi Brown.

A few fun facts about Levi
  • He was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina
  • He was a 2nd team All-American and 1st team All-Big10 player at Penn State
  • He might have been named after jeans
  • He was taken with the 5th overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft
Arizona didn't "listen" to you and neither should anyone else.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Adam Treu reminds us that Barret Robbins is, in fact, fucking crazy

Adam Treu spent the first chunk of his 12 years with the Raiders answering for Barret Robbins. The question was always "where's Barret and why are you playing?" but that's beside the point. In honor of Super Bowl week, Adam took his time to tell the National Football Post about the Super Bowl experience he should have never had.

In the weeks and months and years that have followed, I’ve learned more about the details of the night before, and about how the Raiders chose to handle it.   Barrett eventually found his way back to our hotel Saturday night and was instructed to sleep it off.  Whatever “it” was.  He was later taken to the workout room in the hotel and put on a treadmill in the hope that movement would bring lucidity.  Once he expressed a level of delusion so deep that a simple sweat wasn’t going to erase it (he was happy about winning the Super Bowl and excited for the upcoming Pro Bowl), the team knew he needed help beyond what the trainers and coaches could provide.
Only the Raiders would try to end drug-induced delusions with a few minutes on the treadmill...

EDIT: I paid a visit to Barret Robbins' Wikipedia page and found this

On September 212007, a warrant was issued for his arrest by Miami-Dade police for a parole violation stemming from his run in with police in 2005. To date, authorities have not been able to locate him for extradition back to Florida[1].
Now that's a Raider!