Love hearing Howie Long talk about his old teammates. The memory is as sharp as a tack. Remembers each player on the team, by name, no matter if they were stars or not. One of the best!
Cedric Hardman (RIP)went to the same gym as I years ago. Being a diehard Raider fan since the early 1970s, I have a Raider tattoo on my arm. We'd say hello in passing, until one day he said "Hey man, I like that tattoo". I says thanks, Cedric, he says "you know who i am?" I says, "you can kiss the baby". He laughed, said "I haven't heard that in 20 years.
After the Raiders traded Gruden to lose to him in the SB Al Davis lost it. His stubbornness lost us the SB and drafted J. Russell. When he brought out the projector To butcher Lane kiffin I knew Raiders were done. When he passed he left it to his Son and Mark Davis is as clueless as they come, but has the same stubbornness and lack of patience.
Al Davis is the worst thing to ever happen to the Raiders. He drove the team into the ground, then left it to his son who moved the team out of the state!
How many good QBs did Davis draft? How many #1 picks in the 80s to 2011 live up to their billing? How many coaches did he run through? He traded away the best coach he had had since Tom Flores. He drafted a KICKER in the first round. He paid Javon Walker 12 mil. Yes, the same Javon Walker who never suited up once. Not only did he draft Jamarcus Russell, in doing so he passed on Calvin Johnson. He hired Joe Bugel. He hired Art Shell in 2006 (who hired Tom Walsh to be OC. Tom Walsh hadn't coached at any level in YEARS). He relegated Marcus Allen to fullback. He moved the team TWICE (now junior has moved the team again). Without Madden, Flores, Gruden, and Ron Wolf, the Raiders would be absolutely irrelevant. Al was a narcissist obsessed with not just football, but with making the team in his image. Well...he eventually succeeded, and here we are: in a town outside of CA that doesn't give a sht about the team, in an enclosed stadium that has no tailgating and no Black Hole, a stadium few can afford to go to; the crowd is regularly filled with 40-60% fans of the opposing team; the sports media market is in the bottom 20s (the Bay is in the top 5 or 6). Vegas is for tourists. Oakland is for residents. Raider games used to be played every week in San Joaquin Valley markets (from Sacramento to Bakersfield). Not anymore. It's all Niners, Chargers, and Rams. The Raiders will continue to be the doormat of the NFL so long as they're in Vegas. This is the 5th year in Vegas. The win-loss record is pathetic. Clearly, having a new stadium doesn't equate to wins. But what does Mark care? He's wealthier now than ever. The Raiders were always grit&grime, not glitz&glam. Remember: the Autumn Wind blusters in from sea, not from the desert. R.I.P. the real Raiders.
Love hearing Howie Long talk about his old teammates. The memory is as sharp as a tack. Remembers each player on the team, by name, no matter if they were stars or not. One of the best!
As a longtime Charger fan, Plunkett not being in the HOF is a crime. He was a pure assassin.
The Chargers should still be in San Diego, and the Raiders should still be in Oakland. Greed
Lester Hayes was my favorite raider player along with Marcus Allen
Marcus Allen was my idol growing up. On the raiders and the chiefs
Lester Hayes deserves to be in the HOF
Cedric Hardman (RIP)went to the same gym as I years ago. Being a diehard Raider fan since the early 1970s, I have a Raider tattoo on my arm. We'd say hello in passing, until one day he said "Hey man, I like that tattoo". I says thanks, Cedric, he says "you know who i am?" I says, "you can kiss the baby". He laughed, said "I haven't heard that in 20 years.
The last great raider team, how the mighty have fallen🏆🏆🏆
Was hoping he'd talk about Haynes & Hayes - one the best corner duos in history
Such a great Raider!
this raiders era between madden thru Al Davis and ended with the Tuck Rule/Jamarcus Russel/the death of Davis was a dynasty run
gruden!
you should’ve asked Howie about his holdout it was a big deal back then
Jules shirt is cool drop a link
1983-84 Raiders were so don't-give-AF good.
I met Cedric Hardman once he was the a very nice guy.
I don't like Howie on Fox. Seeing him on this and his son's podcast he comes across as a really good dude. Hard not to like him.
After the Raiders traded Gruden to lose to him in the SB Al Davis lost it. His stubbornness lost us the SB and drafted J. Russell. When he brought out the projector To butcher Lane kiffin I knew Raiders were done. When he passed he left it to his Son and Mark Davis is as clueless as they come, but has the same stubbornness and lack of patience.
Al Davis is the worst thing to ever happen to the Raiders. He drove the team into the ground, then left it to his son who moved the team out of the state!
What???
He owned it when they were winning what are you talking about
@dasherpunk He also owned it when they drafted Jamarcus Russell.
@GordonGartrell27 yeah it wasn't a good pick up. But Russell was a beast in college just didn't have work ethic
How many good QBs did Davis draft? How many #1 picks in the 80s to 2011 live up to their billing? How many coaches did he run through? He traded away the best coach he had had since Tom Flores. He drafted a KICKER in the first round. He paid Javon Walker 12 mil. Yes, the same Javon Walker who never suited up once. Not only did he draft Jamarcus Russell, in doing so he passed on Calvin Johnson. He hired Joe Bugel. He hired Art Shell in 2006 (who hired Tom Walsh to be OC. Tom Walsh hadn't coached at any level in YEARS). He relegated Marcus Allen to fullback. He moved the team TWICE (now junior has moved the team again). Without Madden, Flores, Gruden, and Ron Wolf, the Raiders would be absolutely irrelevant. Al was a narcissist obsessed with not just football, but with making the team in his image. Well...he eventually succeeded, and here we are: in a town outside of CA that doesn't give a sht about the team, in an enclosed stadium that has no tailgating and no Black Hole, a stadium few can afford to go to; the crowd is regularly filled with 40-60% fans of the opposing team; the sports media market is in the bottom 20s (the Bay is in the top 5 or 6). Vegas is for tourists. Oakland is for residents. Raider games used to be played every week in San Joaquin Valley markets (from Sacramento to Bakersfield). Not anymore. It's all Niners, Chargers, and Rams.
The Raiders will continue to be the doormat of the NFL so long as they're in Vegas. This is the 5th year in Vegas. The win-loss record is pathetic. Clearly, having a new stadium doesn't equate to wins. But what does Mark care? He's wealthier now than ever. The Raiders were always grit&grime, not glitz&glam. Remember: the Autumn Wind blusters in from sea, not from the desert. R.I.P. the real Raiders.