Oakland Raiders: Long-time Critics About to be Silenced

Several years ago, when the Raiders were at the top of the NFL, they must have beat down every team holding no mercy.  They must have piled on points even when they had the game in hand. They must have successfully hurt and injured many players on many teams. There must have been so much damage that fans of the other teams felt deep, sincere pain in the core of their hearts.  I have seen a lot of "Hater-ism" through the years, but this has got to be the worst I have ever seen. At a time when most of the Raider fans are as optimistic as we have been in years, any fan or writer from any other team is fishing for any negativity they can find to use to put a negative spin on the Raiders in general. Rather it be Kiffin's out, or we spent too much money on free agents or the Raiders are the worst team in sports. This is all crap. These haters will get theirs and it will come sooner than they think.   Al Davis has finally had ... (link)