Nov 2nd 2008 8:00PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Falcons, RaidersThis week the Oakland Raiders set some special time aside in practice to work on their end zone celebrations. Perhaps this coming week the Raiders could set aside a little more time to work on (1) getting into the end zone and (2) getting a couple of first downs.

Atlanta marched into Oakland today and walked out with one of the most dominating wins of the NFL season, even though the 24-0 score may not totally dictate that. Statistically, this game was never, ever, not even for one second, competitive.

The Raiders finished the game with three, count em, THREE first downs, and were out-gained 453-77. The Falcons held the ball for 45 minutes to Oakland’s 15.

At halftime, the Falcons had 20 first downs to Oakland’s zero, while holding a commanding edge in yardage, 319 to -2.

Al Davis should give the few loyal fans his franchise has left a refund for sitting through even a second of that disaster of a football game.Continue Reading