Cowboys, Raiders Are Goin' Down

There are two teams that everyone either loves or loves to hate: the Dallas Cowboys and the Oakland Raiders.

This year, the haters are going to have a field day.

The Cowboys have had too many off-field distractions. Tony Romeo has been on the cover of every supermarket rag this summer and Jerry Jones seems to be doing his recruiting from police blotters rather than scouting reports.

And these guys aren't even good at being criminals. They are morons. Good criminals don't get caught. These guys get caught every time.

Terrell Owens is one bad loss away from destroying this team from the inside, which has been his specialty, and their draft has yielded nothing but potential back-ups.

Jerry Jones is too involved in bringing his new, $99 billion stadium in under-budget (which now seems unlikely) than he is on putting together a championship team.

Prediction: 10-6, and another first-round playoff loss.

Raider fans have to start believing what the rest of the NFL already knows, the game passed Al Davis by years ago. 

His failure to modernize his organization is now holding Raider fans hostage. The Oakland Raiders can be considered a third-world franchise in a league where they once sat at the big table. This team is hard to watch.

The Raiders made a ton of moves this off-season. Some may turn out in their favor, but I'm predicting that most won't.

Javon Walker is a head case. Gibril Wilson and Tommy Kelly... Are you kidding? Deangelo Hall is a locker room lawyer, and will question coaching decisions in public. JaMarcus Russell is a project. Yes, a project.

Unfortunately, Darren McFadden will be a shiny hood ornament on a rotting 1976 Buick Riviera.

Prediction: 5-11. This team is in trouble.