Showing posts with label Oakland Raiders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oakland Raiders. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

NFL Stadiums that should be blown up

With the story circulating yesterday about Heinz Field’s role and demise in the upcoming Dark Knight Rises movie, we decided it would be a good idea to examine which NFL stadiums deserve the same fate.

San Francisco 49ers:
Candlestick Park-Comes across on television as quite possibly the ugliest stadium in the league. No one quite knows what is going on with those seats that keep wrapping around, is there some abyss under the midfield seats? The good news is that everything seems a go for them to finally move into a new stadium in the coming years.

Buffalo Bills
To put it bluntly, this is a team that the past few seasons has chosen to go play in another country once a year to try and generate more fan interest and revenue. Owner Ralph Wilson has said once he passes the team will be sold to the highest bidder, the Bills may be in a holding pattern until then.

Oakland Raiders
With the Florida Marlins moving into new digs next year, the Raiders will be the only remaining team in the NFL that shares their stadium with a Major League Baseball team. Raiders fans have to hope Los Angeles doesn’t swoop in and steal them away again before the Raiders secure a new stadium in the Bay Area.

San Diego Chargers
The Chargers escape the Major League Baseball distinction the Raiders have, only because the Padres moved to beautiful Petco Park. Another team that is on the Los Angeles radar.

Minnesota Vikings
Mother Nature did her best to finish off the Metrodome last year. Has to be frustrating for Zygi Wilf to constantly go through the political tug of war to try and get a new place built.

St. Louis Rams
The Rams have the same stadium problems that the Vikings have, they are in a place that just is not capable of generating the type of revenue some of these new palaces are. Like the Raiders they could look to go back to Los Angeles.

Monday, October 18, 2010

The Five most tradeable Raiders


According to Adam Schefter the Raiders have let it be known that their all of their players are available in a trade. To save NFL GMs time we combed the Raiders roster and assembled the Top 5 Raiders to trade for:


1. Rolando McClain: When he was drafted with the eighth overall pick in the 2010 NFL draft, it shocked the NFL world because the Raiders made the smart pick. I'm sure given a second chance Al Davis could screw it up.

2. Bruce Gradkowski: The best Raiders quarterback since Rich Gannon?

3. (Tie) Shane Lechler and Sebastian Janikowski: At least the one thing Oakland has nailed down is their kicking game.

4. Zach Miller: It has to kill Al Davis that his most dangerous receiving threat is the least likely to catch a deep ball.

5. Richard Seymour: Perhaps Deion Branch's performance on Sunday has Bill Belichick missing the good old days.