GO RAIDERS + Post Game Thoughts

And because I'm far too amped and cracked out over the unveiling of my revamped Oakland Raiders and the beginning of the 2005 NFL season to put together multiple coherent sentences, this is all I have to say about that.

Post-game Edit:
I spent the majority of the game in a state of total frustration and anger but I've come down from that courtesy of things better left unsaid. My first thought on the game - Warren Sapp can't lose a little weight? He looks like Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It's as if being absolutely disgusting is a part of his contract. There is no way the keg he's carrying on his stomach is helping him on the line. When you're battling age, it's imperative that you change things in your game to compensate for the likely loss of speed and a longer recovery time; losing a substantial portion of that buddha would be a good place to start. But moving on. Signing Randy Moss and Lamont Jordan was worth the cost on defense. This is a 10-win club that should, at the very least, have a good sniff at the playoffs if Kerry Collins can find a way not to turn the ball over 7 times a game like last season. I can't stand Kerry Collins. It makes me sad that he's our starting quarterback, which is only slightly more disgusting than the fact that Marques Tuiasosopo is our #2 man. Looking at Kerry Collins' sad, pointy face through his little helmet after he overthrows the open man by 15 yards (again) makes me ill. Seeing his confusion, as he fails to sell the play action for the 18th time only to be sacked makes me want to get violent. Watching him drop back 28 freaking yards after every snap drives me to absolute distraction... But that's okay! That's all right!! All I ask is that he throw more scores than the other guy and when Jerry Porter is 100% and Doug Gabriel is back in the slot, that's something the Raiders will be able to do better than almost anyone... at least, they'd better. I didn't like what I saw on offense last night. There were little flashes of hope here and there but on the whole, it was underwhelming. My bias is trying to attribute that to an injured receiving corps and a running back suffering from cramps but I'm uneasy nonetheless.