Sep 9th 2008 2:25PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Raiders, AFC West, NFL Fans
After staying up until 1:30 in the morning and watching the Broncos do awful, awful things to the Raiders, I’ve spent some time this morning surfing the internet for reactions to the dismal Oakland debut in 2008. The early consensus seems to be unanimous.

Actually, it reads like a lot of knee-jerk reactions, and I understand those. Really, I do. We’re all sports fans, and that’s what we do, especially in the NFL where there’s only 16 games and every game matters. And I can sort of relate to the Raiders fans since I’ve been a Pittsburgh Pirates fan for the previous 16 years, so I understand what it feels like to be embarrassed every season in strange new ways, while having those optimistic opening day thoughts be flushed right down the crapper.

Anyway, some reactions from Bay area scribes and Raiders blogs after the jump.Continue Reading