When I learned about this contest, I was pretty sure I was going to write a column about Matt Ryan dropping into the teens while pretending to not be counting every dollar he’s losing as the hours crawl by.
But I figured Ryan was the obvious selection to slip now that the Dolphins have apparently decided on Jake Long, so it probably wouldn’t be an original idea.
Then I thought about writing something discussing the Detroit Lions potentially drafting another wide receiver, but I figured that one would be done a few times over as well.
I gave some thought to writing about how entertaining it was to have a 16-0 team picking in the top-10, making a mockery out of an NFL system that actually stripped them of their own first round draft pick. But I assumed some other Patriot fan would take a crack at that one.
Then, as I was going over my notes for the Mock Draft Part Deux, it came to me.
I’ve already discovered the most infuriating (and entertaining) pick of the 2008 NFL Draft. The last time I wrote about it, it received an astounding number flame-comments, insults, and even death threats. It drove what I can only assume are rational people (though I have no evidence to prove this) completely insane.
Made them crazy (crazier than usual, anyway).
I was invited to participate in a knife fight. One guy even threatened to show up at my house to “convince” me I was wrong.
The Oakland Raiders selecting DeSean Jackson with the fourth pick in the 2008 NFL Draft will be the most entertaining, and infuriating (if you’re a Raider fan), pick of the 2008 NFL Draft.
OK, maybe that won’t happen, but wouldn’t it be entertaining if it did?
No matter what happens, I’m sure we can all agree on one thing: Al Davis is completely insane.
He lost his mind years ago, and I’m pretty sure there’s a Denver Broncos fan playing a Weekend at Bernie’s type trick on the city of Oakland.
From the original Randy Moss trade, to the latest Randy Moss trade, this franchise has been an absolute mess. They hire and fire coaches like it’s nobody’s business. Since 2000, they’ve gone through five head coaches (Jon Gruden, Bill Callahan, Norv Turner, Art Shell, and Lane Kiffin).
The current head coach, Lane Kiffin, was pressured to quit and even had a resignation letter written for him by Al Davis earlier this offseason. You see, Al won’t fire him because he doesn’t want to pay him. But make no mistake about it, he doesn’t want Kiffin to coach his team either.
Kiffin, one of the few good decisions he’s made this decade, is the one decision he’s desperately trying to undo.
This is the same guy who hired Art Shell—in 2006—which may actually be the funniest thing he’s ever done.
They drafted their quarterback of the future last year, then watched him hold out until September. They traded the NFL’s best wide receiver for a fourth round draft pick.
Did I mention they hired Art Shell as their head coach in 2006?
To say they’re slightly dysfunctional is like saying the Yankees have a moderately high payroll.
So, you ask me what the most entertaining part of the 2008 NFL draft will be. It’s simple: the 10 minutes before and after the Oakland Raiders make their first round selection.
Watching Raider Nation, dressed in their crazy Halloween costumes, celebrate the selection knowing full well that they’re probably not going to see him play until he ends his holdout sometime in November will be thoroughly entertaining.
Watching the guy they draft grit his teeth when asked if he’s happy to be a Raider will be absolutely tremendous.
Watching Al Davis fumble his way through the post-pick interview and Lane Kiffin dodge questions about whether or not he was allowed in the draft room will be absolute must-see-TV.
Watching them make some ridiculous selection like DeSean Jackson and listening to Raider fans defend the pick will be gut-busting funny.
Watching Mel Kiper scratch his head while wondering if Al Davis actually watched any college football last season will be so funny, I might actually hold off on my Saturday drinking to ensure I get to watch while sober.
It’ll be serious entertainment.
More entertaining than Matt Ryan pulling a Brady Quinn. More entertaining than the Patriots having the seventh pick. More entertaining than the Detroit Lions drafting another wide receiver.
The Oakland Raiders are a complete laughing stock—the NFL’s version of the Baltimore Orioles.
No matter what they do, they’ll be the most entertaining thing in the 2008 NFL Draft.
I’m SeanMC.
SeanMC is a Senior Writer at Bleacher Report. His archive can be found here. You can find everything he writes, including articles for other publications, here.
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3 months ago
Your title is wrong, you're undoubtedly a freshman writer. If the Raiders draft DeSean Jackson, I'll send Mike Shanahan a stripping telegram. He needs to see what real nuts look like anyway.
from 3 months ago
Exactly - another "Senior Writer" who doesn't know $hit from $hinola. Here's a better title for that lame article: "Sports Writing 101 - how to regurgitate the same tired, biased crap about the team everyone loves to hate, and still get people to read it all the way through. Yawn....the originality is gone, must be time for the Raiders to return to the top.
from 3 months ago
Diamond,
That has got to be the funniest thing I've read in about a week! Raider Nation may want to get fund started to do it to Shanny, Norvell, and Edwards. Great idea!
3 months ago
It would be great if these comments came before the article; that way we could set the moron alert on high, warning others not to waste their time with such articles.
3 months ago
As a 'writer,' you need to learn how to cut to the chase. That was the longest read of nothing I ever put myself through. Note to self... no more reading of Sean Crowe 'pieces'.
3 months ago
What the fuck are you talking about?... Find another Job you dumb NUT!
Look for the Raiders to either get Gholston or Mcfadden next week, plain and simple... Why are they just letting anyone write Bull shit about the Raiders.
CEO~
3 months ago
Get a freaking clue! If this is the best you can do, you should spend more time in the bathroom jerking off. In the end you would get the same result...worhtless shit, just like this article you moron!
3 months ago
SeanMC? Isn't that Greek for "ass"?
from 3 months ago
no i think it's latin for "I just finished jerking off I don't know what else to do so I'll write an article that makes no fucking sense because I don't have a journalistic bone in me although I would like to have a bone in me, maybe I should get a real job."
3 months ago
Wow roasting on Al Davis and the Raiders.....Man your so original and imaginative. .. You are such an interesting writer.. NOT. You suck. Thanks for not only wasting your time compiling this $hit article but wasting my time where do they get these dead beats from ?
LARaider70
3 months ago
Wow roasting on Al Davis and the Raiders.....Man your so original and imaginative. .. You are such an interesting writer.. NOT. You suck. Thanks for not only wasting your time compiling this $hit article but wasting my time where do they get these dead beats from ?
LARaider70
3 months ago
Please let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are they paying you for articles like this????????????? If so ""Only in America"" Kindergarden journalism 101. Next time I will look for Jounalist name before reading, you sir are on my ignore list for life. Oh! and by the way don't quit your YMCA janitor day job, you'll need it!
3 months ago
How's the old addage go...Winners never cheat and cheaters never win, unless your the New England Patriots...And i can cite real sources unlike your bull shit you so call an article. It's funny how Billicheat went from one of the most horrible coaches (with the Browns) to almost an overnight 'Genius' with the Patriots. Oh wait; when you have the other teams scheme and signals on tape it's much easier.
LARDR76
from 3 months ago
A) I'd like to point out to you that Belichik actually took the Browns to the play offs in '94
B) He's widely been considered one of the brightest defensive minds for years, bassically since the 80's when he was drawing up gameplans for the Giants
C) Finally, if you really think he's the only coach in the league who's tried to take the other teams signals... you're about as immature and naive as that comment makes you sound
3 months ago
Mr. Crowe you are a Novice - You underestimate the intelligence of Raider Nation and spew us with nothing but wasted time. you have no experience in writing sports articles and seem not to spend R&D on facts and figures just innuendo, which every bias writer challenges to all raider fans, with subjects that are completely hollow and shallow in hopes of stirring drama. perhaps you may try your hand at doing articles for Home & Garden and spare raider nation the wasted time of giving you the time i already spent in response to your weak effort of reporting something that you have no knowledge of doing in the first place.
Yawn....
RaiderMike
from 3 months ago
Wow. That is one long sentence. You've confirmed the belief that even Raiders fans who might carry a slight bit of intelligence are still far more stupid than the average sports fan. Like his Laker counterpart, the Raider fan is completely incapable of composing a sentence that makes any sense or is even close to being grammatically correct.
Show me one.
Seriously. You guys are all tool boxes.
3 months ago
This writer must be a Forty niner fan! what a DUMB ASS!
3 months ago
Sean,
While I think you already know that I don't agree with...pretty much anything you wrote, I do agree that if the Raiders were to take Jackson with the fourth pick, it would be absolute chaos in the Nation. I don't think the Nation would have much fun, but I could see how everyone else would love to see that sort of chaos run amok. I think I would liken the reaction to that of the French revolution...not pretty.
Good article Sean.
from 3 months ago
Rob,
Thank God someone understood that I wasn't entirely serious! :) I mean, this thing is posted in the Humor section, for crying out loud.
-Sean
PS: since I don't get paid for this, my only goal is to entertain myself. I was thoroughly entertained. Therefore, I'm calling this one a success.
3 months ago
Hey Raider Nation,
This is what Sean (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Crowe wrote about himself in his bio:
"Sean Crowe, aka SeanMC, got his start writing for the now **defunct** dailysportsreport.com and sportsfanatics.net"
We now know why there both **defunct**.
Sean...quite simply a boring article, with absolutely no originality.
Stick to writting about the Pats, and keep asking yourself what 18-1 gets you???? No ring and certainly no respect.
I'm embarrassed to be associated with you as a Red Sox Fan.
Tony from NB.
3 months ago
Rob....."Good article Sean"????
I had respect for your writting skills...it's wavering now.
Seriously, how was that a "good article"? Please clear that statement.
Sean's article exemplifies the "worst" in amateur blogging.
from 3 months ago
Tony, Thanks for the respect man. You know, my first article was about the Raiders. I was as angry as anyone else in Raider Nation, and purely fed up with reading the bull that we see so much of in the media. So, I got up my nerve and posted what I consider to be my finest piece of work, and I didn't expect anyone to read it. In fact, I did it more for the therapy of it than anything else.
Guess who was the first to read it and give me a pat on the back. SeanMC. Dude ISN'T a Raider fan and he comes over and adds me to his lineup and tells me how good it was! That's no hater.
So I guess, even though I didn't like the content of the article, I knew where it was coming from, and thought that he was successful in what he was trying to accomplish...goof on the Nation. Had I written this article, I would've received abuse from those who don't know me. But for you and others like you, I think you would've read the article more similarly to how I did...as a joke.
As a matter of fact, I've been working on a parody over at http://mvn.com/nfl-raiders, but haven't published it because I haven't made it funny. Seriously, I've put in about 6 hours on it, and after reading what I got so far...it kind of sucks. It's now become a mission of mine to make it good, but when I post it...I promise you'll think its' funny.
Seriously, I'm very happy that you respect my skills. I can't speak for Sean or anyone else, but I put hours of work into it every day so that Raider Nation can be proud to call me one of their own. Because I know how much time I put into my writing, I'm not going to blast anyone like Sean who has churned out story after story to entertain us all...even if the content wasn't what I'd prefer to read.
3 months ago
OK, first off, the entire article is a tongue-in-cheek response to the beating I took on my mock draft for suggesting the Raiders would so something stupid.
Secondly, I'm an absolute moron for letting spell-check change DeSean's name to DeShawn (why "DeShawn" is even in spellchecker is even more confusing).
In my defense, it was like 2am and I was seeing double by the time I posted this thing...
from 3 months ago
I agree with one thing in that post, the FACT that your a moron.
3 months ago
You are 100% correct that they'll be the most entertaining team on draft day. Not because they take a giant reach in round one (which they don't do), but because of all the movement they make. Look how active Al has been this offseason. Now, the calm before the next storm. You won't hear a thing until draft day when Al will find someway to get back into day 1 and I imagine adding a total of 3 picks, the latter two likely in rounds 3 or 4 and 5. I imagine will snag one of Dorsey or Ellis, possibly trading back a few spots for Ellis and making plenty of noise thereafter. Mark my words. That's how Al rolls. Make it happen, Al!!!
3 months ago
Sean,
No excuses...
"In my defense, it was like 2am and I was seeing double by the time I posted this thing..."
Being able to write should be a privelidge, not a "chore" a 2am. I really wish that my first language was english...I grew up learning French & German. I just starting reading and writting in English when I was 14 years old....it's been a struggle my whole adult life. Writting for me is a pleasure, but it also comes with responsibility....YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE.
My english skills may be limited, but your "judment" is not "tongue-in-cheek"....it's simply cheeky and disrespecful.
Tony from NB.
from 3 months ago
I never said it was a "chore" though I do question my own "judment" posting at 2am.
Look, when a fan base threatens to find your house, "shank" you, send you animal heads, challenges you to a knife fight....let's just say I deserved a "cheeky and disrespectful" response.
Thanks for reading!
-Sean
3 months ago
Well if your goal was to get responses and only responses then you have succeded !!! Congratulations you perverted re-hashed freak !!!!!!!!!!!
You are herby invited to the theological place of internal punishment !!
from 3 months ago
It was, I did, which means I rule!
Thanks for reaffirming everything I always knew about myself!
By the way, who's herby?
3 months ago
How is this website still up there are more bad "articles" if thats what you call them than anything. Don't get me wrong there are good writers on here but the majority seem like they write anything because they have nothing else to do. I guess if getting opinions from people about how stupid they are is their goal then they have succeeded. By the way I looked at this guys profile, dude looks like a weiner.
3 months ago
Your writing style suggests you're completely enamored with your own words, which makes this type of "article" all the more annoying.
You've brought out nothing new and don't seem to have an original thought in your head; why did you even write this piece? It's pathetic even from an antagonistic standpoint. You also seem to think the Raiders are the only team in the NFL to have players hold out; of course, this does seem to succinctly summarize your knowledge on the topic.
from 3 months ago
You know what else I'm completely enamored with? Raider Nation.
You bring up a good point though, about the original thought thing. There are many of us that agree on the Raiders ineptness and hallariosity (I just made that word up).
We should elect one of us, and only that person should be able to tell you how funny the Raiders really are.
I vote for Dave Metrick.
3 months ago
Dammit Sean, why didn't I think of this?
Put "Oakland Raiders" in the title, do everything in your power to piss off Raider Nation, and you'll get the most hits!
I'd be more inclined to be mad if you didn't deserve the hell out of the tickets, though. :-)
from 3 months ago
I agree, I feel like a dumbass now.
3 months ago
Alright everyone, give him a break. If he was up at 2 a.m. writing this worthless crap, it's clear he had a bad acid trip and all the hallucinations made him think he was a sports writer. It's alright man, the first step is admitting you have a problem.
from 3 months ago
Fantastic points.
3 months ago
Sean...you piece of .....
I'm not religious by any means, but that new JC pick our yours is totally disrespecful from all sides.
It's not "tongue and cheek"...it's cheap!
Sean....I may not threathen you with animal heads or knife fights.....not my "left-wing" Canadian style.
But, I'll come after with my "words"...on every blog you post if you don't take that pick off immediately.
Like you...I love my Red Sox....unlike you, I'm a little wiser and ready to take on a "punk".
Tony from NB
from 3 months ago
You don't like Buddy Christ? Good God, that's blasphemy.
3 months ago
Sean,
This isn't actually journalism, its abuse, and its beneath any reasonable site to print it.
On that note, having joined the site last month as a writer and done several Raiders stories, I see that I am listed as one of your favourite writers!
Please remove yourself fom my page, or I will have you removed. I find any association with you distateful and embarrassing.
When you are talking about who is a laughing stock, I think its actually you mate.
Dave Wilson
Proud member of the Raider Nation
from 3 months ago
How could you not be one of my favorites, with a sense of humor like that!?!?!
3 months ago
Dave....thank-you for feeling the same way.
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I'd like to believe that the "Senior Writers" on this blog have some sort of dignity and higher quality.
Well, they don't:
This little quote is written by "John" (Senior Writer) in reference to the garbage that "Sean" just wrote:
http://bleacherreport.com/users/3609-Sean_Crow
******* By John (to Sean)
about 1 hour ago
“I wouldn't worry too much about it.....any group that has this much expendable time to waste on a 4-12 team that has been going in reverse for the past few years ought to get *poked in the eye!!*
I'm meeting with Dave - the founder of this site - next week here in NYC
one of the things I want to discuss with him are ways to produce a more balanced demographic when it comes to readership and participation. That will put them at bay for awhile. ** “
Wow....Raider Nation, these Senior Writers are worthless. No journalistic integrity
Message to Dave...I'm writing every single "sponsor" of this site to pull the plug.
Tony from NB
3 months ago
Hey Raider Nation....more journalistic integrity from Sean.
Here's a note sent from Sean to JJ, another Senior writer:
http://bleacherreport.com/users/705-JJ_Stankevitz
****by Sean
about 1 hour ago
"You have to admit, I may not win, but poking at the Raider fans in their eye with a stick to drive up the hit count was a stroke of genius. :) "
Wow...." drive up the hit count ". You call that journalism or commentary....its pathetic Sean.
You should be embarrassed...Dave (the founder of this site) should be embarrassed.
You simply write to "drive up the hit count"...
Raider Nation.....let's drive something up Sean, and it ain't a hit count.
This is my last commentary on this article.....but make no mistake, Dave Finocchio, Alexander Freund, Bryan Goldberg, and Dave Nemetz will all here from me.
Tony from NB....out for now!
HIT Sean, HIT
from 3 months ago
The point of this contest is to get the most hits and you will win tickets to your teams home opener.
3 months ago
and for your information moron JR was the first 1st rounder not to be sign in time for training camp moron. so for you to say that it will be "thoroughly entertaining" for you to see the raiders try till november to sign makes no snese our 1st rounder will be sign before the start of camp you dick. and the reason we traded that so call "Star receiver" you talk about was cause he was shit when he played for us. i mean when he got dress in a RAIDER jersey cuase that lazy ass did play when he was in Oakland thats for sure. if he played the way he was playing in NE why would we tarde him stupid?? he wasnt playing and im sure you could see the effort he did here and the diffrence in NE, no comparison moron. thats why he was traded... if we would have keep him in Oakland you probably would be writing about how oakland can do nothing right and were just paying alot of money to an unhappy receiver whos not producing like whats hes getting paid or in his prime when he was with the Vikings. am i right fool??? and our pic is going to be Chris Long, Howie's boy...
from 3 months ago
Yes, Randy Moss was shit. It had nothing to do with the all-pro quarterbacks you had throwing him the ball.
This intermittent SHIFT key thing is either an epidemic, or most of you Raider fans are actually the same person posting under different names.
I'm voting for epidemic...for now.
3 months ago
Here it is in a nut shell. Write something on the Raiders and more times then not it will be read. The Raider Fans will respond to both positive and to the negative articles. I notice many very good articles that have been written on other teams that do not receive the attention that maybe they should. That is not Raider Fans fault, fault the fans of the teams being written about for not reading or commenting on the article.
I choose where I want to live, where I want to shop and what I want to read. After all it is still a free country last time I looked. The public sets the market on what sells and what does not sell with regards to products, books and so on. It is no different with what is popular or unpopular to read.
You set up a site and ask people to become involved and write or read and comment. Then when from what I see Raider Fans respond and become a large part of your traffic you respond by thrashing them?
And with regards to the comment I read by John (Senior writer) above what are you going to do put a quota on how many Raider Fans can visit the site each day or on how many Raider articles will be allowed to be written each day?
As Senior Writers you would think it would be your place to watch over the site and not belittle the site with this foolishness. It is not the Raider Fans fault for others lack of participation if this is what this is all about. If you own a restaurant and you have a great dinner crowd you do not run off the dinner crowd because you do not have a lunch crowd. Try changing the lunch menu offer a special or two.
And one last response to the John comment above. Your readers and customers choose you not the other way around, "discuss with him ways to produce a more balanced demographic". Maybe if you spent as much time writing about what ever fans teams you are trying to attract rather then spending your time writing dribble and thrash talking the fans from a fan base that is responsible for many of the hits this site receives a day, you just might achieve your "more balanced demographic"
My only hope is that the person who started this site is as smart as I give him credit for being because if he is he will not allow you to destroy what he has built with your petty jealousies and pent up bias. Write John and they will come oh wait a minute that was build it and they will come.
3 months ago
One last thing, my problem is not with what Sean wrote. Although I do not agree with it he is entitled to his opinion just as I am. What I did not like was the comment above showing a post by a Senior Writer regarding talking to the owner to somehow cut back on Raider Fans visiting or writing for the site.
I am just a Fan that likes to do what I have been invited to do from visiting this site and that is participate. I am sorry but the John post above about meeting with the owner of the site to try and cut back on Raider Fans visits to the site is unbelievable. Someone should shut that guy up or at least keep his comments in private among the Senior Writers. It not only makes the author look ignorant but it cheapens the site and makes it look foolish.
from 3 months ago
I think you missed his point.
I actually enjoy the Raider fans, otherwise I never would have written another Raider article...serious or not.
He wasn't talking about getting rid of the Raider fans, he was talking about increasing the fan bases of other teams. At least that's how I took it.
I want Bleacher Report to succeed, if that means 2 million Raider fans and 10 Patriots fans, then I'm all for it. But you have to admit, the more opinions we get on Bleacher Report, the better it will be.
Point is- I have no problem with the Raiders, Raider fans, etc. It's fun to, as I said on my post on John's board, "poke you in the eye with a stick" every now and then because it usually gets an entertaining reaction.
But to say I want less Raider fans on the site is exactly the opposite of how I feel.
-Sean
3 months ago
Are you kidding me "The Oakland Raiders are a complete laughing stock—the NFL’s version of the Baltimore Orioles." Most of the teams the Raiders played last year were not laughing after being down late in the 4th to a team that had only 2 wins year before. It's just the haters out there that continue that montra. Also not sure why all the writters/bloggers out there state that Al Davis drafting is a mistery. Does anyone really know what any team will do...NO. What a bunch of sheep just repeating the hater line.
from 3 months ago
Just curious, how many of those games did the Raiders win?
Horseshoes and hand grenades, my friend.
3 months ago
Well said ..Sonny & David.
I read 20 different sites and blogs and it is always refreshing to read Raiderfans that are educated in writing various articles that reflect the die hard interest of their respective teams. Raiderfans that write ariticles and facts that stir up a debate that can pry our deep knowledge that all raider fans can blog to facts that we either would like to see happen as part of the suspense that surrounds us now with our respected brotherens in Raidernation. what we have witnessed here is another bland attempt by a wannabe writer who had nothing better to do @ 2am.
Raiderfans are the most articulate, loyal and knowledgeable folks in the nation!! and are easily discouraged when cheap attempts of harrassment, and tongue and cheek deameanor is cast upon us.
what i find all the time in other blogs are writers who are bias that target personal negative criticism and target this to raiderfans when needing traffic to hit their sites. this my friends is the most easiest task they can achieve but when barked back they buckle down and spew the real intent of what their main purpose was for instead of developing a sports friendly forum for all to participate.
what sucks is that this was the first time i logged and became a memebr to this site.. i may just have to revert to other sites that are more knowledgeable in good ol facts of who we all love and why we continue to post to various blogs that feature our beloved raiders.
so sad to see you Sean get sliced by raiderfans that are thirsty for a good old challenge of what they thought was to be an article of real sports knowledge that would have been open to debate rather than decimate you and your article.
see you all on the other blogs.. Peace out.
Raidermike
from 3 months ago
I think your SHIFT key is only working intermittently. I tried to read your post, but I couldn't figure out when one sentence ended and the next one began. Anyway, after about ten minutes I got a pounding headache and decided it wasn't worth the effort.
Can you sum this up again, except this time using all caps?
That would be swell.
3 months ago
You should go write for ESPN, you have no idea, so you just jump on the bandwagon. Al Davis tries to win, and do things to win. How many other owners do that? maybe 6 or 7 the rest are in it for the money. But I guess you choose to ignore that. Look at KC they have a sold out stadium, why should the owner try and improve his team when he's already got a sold out stadium? Cardinals? Texans, Vikings, Jets? How are they better than the Raiders? They haven't been to the Playoffs? but again you choose to ignore.
People have differences which is what Kiffin and Davis had? all relationships have them, let me guess your Mr. Perfect and live in Disneyland huh. YOur nothing but a buster who got his BS column written up..BYATCH!
from 3 months ago
I agree, I should go write for ESPN.
from 3 months ago
Can I join you at ESPN, it would be a nice career opportunity.
3 months ago
you wanted something original to write about so you decided to write about the oakland raiders? everyone and their mother has posted an article about the oakland raiders in the recent weeks.
3 months ago
Hey Sean, your late for Goodell's blowjob
3 months ago
HAHA, way to take the easy road and poke the Oakland Nation (see Boston you aren't the only nation out there.) This is the sure fire winner
3 months ago
Well, even if the Raiders draft day antics aren't as funny as you predict, at least this article was hilarious. Great write up and opinion - funny as hell and I loved it!
3 months ago
Great article! Raiders fans have only further proven your point in the comments above. How fun! Pissing on Raider fans!!!
3 months ago
Sean, can the Nation be any more blind to the fact that every time they read and respond to this article, they are lifting you higher and higher, pushing you closer to the tickets?? Not only have you penned the best article in this contest, but in doing so you almost squashed others' chances by calling out the ideas that could possibly rank with yours!
Further, I have never seen so many people put down another in the terms of "dumb NUT" or "novice" simply because they disagree. I thought the article, even if I disagreed with logic, was well written, and genius in light of the competition.
btw - which game are you planning on going to see?
from 3 months ago
I say Sean takes a cross-country flight to go to a Raiders game with the tickets, and then writes a close-up review of Raider Nation. That'd be awesome, and who knows? Maybe he'd meet some Raiders fans who don't have a vocabulary beyond "dumb nut" "novice" and "idiot."
from 3 months ago
Whoops, I meant "have a vocabulary." Take out don't. I was trying to say that I'm sure there are a lot of very good Raiders fans out there.
from 3 months ago
Going to Raiders opening day? That would be tremendously ironic. I like it.
from 3 months ago
Denver @ Oakland opening weekend - good rivalry game - and very ironic
I'd probably go Bears @ Colts
from 3 months ago
The only problem with going to a Raiders game is that I'm not sure if he'd be writing anymore hilarious articles for us all to enjoy.
3 months ago
This was almost funny. How tasteless are you to take the "RAIDER" name and tag your article just to win. You couldn't do it on your own could you?
You needed the help of the Raider Nation.
This would be okay if you didn't hate the raiders
from 3 months ago
I don't hate the Raiders, I pity them. The Patriots were the Raiders of the late 80s and early 90s. I feel your pain. I keep hoping that, by writing articles like this, I can convince the blinded-faithful to push Al Davis into retirement and get themselves a real football team.
Alas, the Kool-Aid is too strong, even for a person with my literary prowess.
Thanks for reading!
-Sean
3 months ago
I'm not a Raider fan nor do I have any opinion on the article. But I must say, I am loving Raiders fans based on the comments inspired by this article. You guys are straight up, no nonsense, tough, loud, obnoxious, no holds barred type fans and I am just loving the vibe. You guys live up to the mystique surrounding die hard Raider fans. I applaud your dedication and loyalty, but man it must kill you to know AL Davis has become such a clown that articles like this can even be written.
from 3 months ago
I agree. I love Raider Nation.
Carry me to victory, Raider Nation!
-Sean
3 months ago
Great Article Sean, the NATION can never submit too much Raider Propaganda. Keep em coming, the more we speak of the Raiders, the larger our fan base grows. Just look above and see how many you have converted towards us. Who knows sean, silver & black just may fit you well. We embrace all types of fans.... including those at a lower intellegence such as your self. Right on little man!
THE RAIDER NATION IS FLOURISHING TOWARDS OUR FUTURE 08'
3 months ago
Great Article Sean, the NATION can never submit too much Raider Propaganda. Keep em coming, the more we speak of the Raiders, the larger our fan base grows. Just look above and see how many you have converted towards us. Who knows sean, silver & black just may fit you well. We embrace all types of fans.... including those at a lower intellegence such as your self. Right on little man!
THE RAIDER NATION IS FLOURISHING TOWARDS OUR FUTURE 08'
3 months ago
Great Article Sean, the NATION can never submit too much Raider Propaganda. Keep em coming, the more we speak of the Raiders, the larger our fan base grows. Just look above and see how many you have converted towards us. Who knows sean, silver & black just may fit you well. We embrace all types of fans.... including those at a lower intellegence such as your self. Right on little man!
THE RAIDER NATION IS FLOURISHING TOWARDS OUR FUTURE 08'
from 3 months ago
OK, I've read this three times (mostly because it was posted three times) and I'm still not sure if this was a pro-SeanMC comment or an anti-SeanMC comment.
I'm confused.
You say "Great article", but I sense sarcasm. I wasn't aware that Raider Nation understood sarcasm.
Was it just a "Great Article" for someone "at a lower intellegence" such as myself?
Is that even a compliment? I'm taking it as a compliment.
Thanks for reading!
-Sean
3 months ago
It's only a week away!!
The NFL Draft will probably provide many surprises this year, however I don't see Oakland walking away a loser. They will end up with either one of the Longs, McFadden, Dorsey or Gholston. I don;t see how they can lose.
But they do want a vertical receiver. I hope they don't use that #4 on one though...
3 months ago
dude, im not gonna bother getting all mad at you. im just offering some suggestions. maybe youll hear those better.
i actually laughed a little myself when i saw this article. for someone who is a senior writer, id expect a little more of a complete and informed article, not someone spewing garbage about crap thats 2 years old (art shell... if ur gonna hate, make it a little more recent. that was the butt of jokes before). speaking of the butt of jokes, youre repeating the old ones like halloween costumes and al davis is senile, etc. as for your comment on the whole randy moss fiasco, everyone praised the trade then, everyone praised getting rid of him because everyone who had an opinion on the matter that was worth anything knew that randy moss had become a malcontent who had repeatedly expressed his desire to leave oakland.
al davis is trying to undo a good decision? the man is too impatient for his own teams good and unfortunately for us, the fans, as well. but hes sticking it out for the moment. trying to see if kiffin can still salvage the team.
and the fact that you value mel kiper's opinion got me to chuckle a little.. that guys analyses and opinons are worth their weight in shit.
next time you dedicate an entire article (and coincidentally a portion of your life) towards writing about a team you obviously hate, at least make it a little more informed and a little less blatantly biased.
3 months ago
Sean I must say first I liked your article, it if nothing ess i found it mildly amusing. Then as I began to read all the responses it became one of the best things I've read in who knows how long. I don't know if the raider nation didn't understand that this was a joke or they simply wouldn't accept it as such. Either way your responses to their comments further cemented you as not only classy but clever. I applaude your article, the responses it got from raider nation, and the buddy christ... I threw that last one in there 'cause any self respecting Kevin Smith fan would have.
3 months ago
I have read a lot of articles bashing on Raider Nation. I always know when a Raider fan responds too, because it's always a belligerent response. It's called a satire, if you don't know the definition, look it up. I liked it Sean, it was entertaining.
3 months ago
HAHA! This comment coming from a man such as yourself makes it quite halarious, Kyle your a funny man. Please let me know when you post comments cause they make my day.... they make no sense, they are low grade approaches and most importantly they have no relevance to anything going on.... Keep em coming
3 months ago
Bravo Sean! Muy Bueno! Muy Calinte!
Dude,
I am gonna just keep bringing comments so you get the tix. After this barrage no one is more deserving.
from 3 months ago
Thank you for your support!
3 months ago
Caliente!! That is - yeah spell check didn't friggin' work
3 months ago
uh - am I supposed to use punctuation?
3 months ago
I challenge you to a turd fight. I'll grab a turd out my toilet and you can use your article orm your resume'.
from 3 months ago
I accept. Where shall we meet?
3 months ago
This just in - the Raiders have made their decision. Details forthcoming.
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