commentary...

growing up,i was a big Oakland Raiders' fan... lost passion,and very upset,when they moved to Los Angeles,but was very happy,they won their third Super Bowl,by destroying Washington Redskins,38-9... mind's eye seeing Marcus Allen running through the Redskins,like they were running in concrete,during that game... laughing and smiling,after Raiders stomped the Pittsburgh Steelers,24-7,during playoffs,when Franco Harris,and Rocky Bleier were injured... Warren Wells,Darryle Lamonica,Dave Casper,Fred Biletnikoff,and Kenny Stabler,along with nasty Raiders' defense,who would hit you coming out of the locker room,gave the Raiders three Super Bowl victories,in eight years,and a record in the 60's,70's,and 80's,that were simply the best,in pro football... you forget how really nasty the Steelers/Raiders rivalry was in the 1970's... Pittsburgh may have won four Super Bowls,in the 1970's,but Oakland did win one(1976),and got robbed,by a so-called touchdown,by Rob Lytle,when he fumbled,on the one yard line,and yet rewarded with a touchdown,by the Denver Broncos,in 1977 playoffs... you forget that,in 1976,the Raiders were 13-1,and they beat the New England Patriots,on a questionable roughing the passer call,by "Sugar Bear" Hamilton,in the 1976 playoffs... the only loss that year,was a 48-17 stomping,by the Patriots,in New England... the Raiders then stomped the Minnesota Vikings,in the Super Bowl,in Pasadena,that year... the Raiders in Al Davis' first season,as head coach(1963),went from 1-13,to 10-4,the biggest one-season turnaround,in AFL(American Football League) history... he was the last AFL commissioner,before the AFL/NFL merger,and was undermined,by Pete Roselle,and Lamar Hunt,owner of the Kansas City Chiefs,who had a merger blueprint behind his back,basically before he became AFL commissioner,and there is video of Roselle,and Hunt,laughing at announcement of AFL/NFL merger,as Davis went home,embarrassed,and feeling betrayed,by both of them... to RAIDERS' NATION.i feel sorrow....