State of the AFC West: Oakland Raiders

My favorite quote pertaining to the Raiders is this: Watching the Raiders is like watching retarded kids play hockey. It's really funny for a while, but eventually it just gets sad. It's my favorite quote because I made it up on my own.

The Raiders were the worst team in football last year, so you knew that the half life of Al Davis was going to make a lot of big moves this offseason to right the ship and get back to the tradition of excellence that something something. Sorry, I started laughing really hard at equating excellence with the Raiders, and I kind of lost my train of thought for a minute. Where was I? Oh yeah- the Raiders suck.

They had a lot of holes to fill this offseason, so let's recap their moves:

• Cut Aaron Brooks
• Signed Domenic Rhodes
• Signed Justin Griffith
• Signed Josh Booty

Well, that should solve the problems! Cutting Aaron Brooks, of course, is the single greatest thing any team can do to upgrade their quarterback position, but they replaced him with Josh Booty- a guy who hasn't been in the NFL since 2003, has never thrown an NFL pass, and hasn't been highly regarded since high school. Oh yeah- they also lost Marques Tuiasasopo. Other than that, they signed a mediocre running back in Rhodes, which- added to a stable that includes Justin (Son of Huggy Bear) Fargas and LaMont (Fantasy Team Killer) Jordan- means the Raiders have now cornered the market on mediocre career backups. Unfortunately, one of those guys is going to have to start. Hey, at least it's not Jamal Lewis! But all hope isn't loss- they also signed Justin Griffith! Oh yeah- he's a fullback.

All in all, the Raiders were the worst team in the NFL, so it's pretty hard to regress, but that's just what they seem to have done. Have fun, Whoever The Number One Pick In The Draft Is!