Are the Oakland Raiders Jinxed?

May 31, 2010   ·   Jeremy Beckett   ·   Jump to comments

Are the Raiders the biggest jinxed team in the NFL?
Actually, yes! It had to be one team, and sadly, yes, it is the Raiders!
For years Al Davis has said publicly that not only the media, but the referees as well have been against the Raiders. And I'm not so sure I disagree.
Okay, the scouting staff should be fired immediately, that's a given, and yes, JaMarcus Russell should pay the Raiders organization back nine million dollars, but that's another story.
The truth of the matter is that the Raiders organization loses 74 percent of the time on calls by the referees? Is this fair? Even as a Charger fan, I have to say no!
Is the media to blame? Is it the image created, Raider Nation? The Black Hole? Skull patrol? Is the Raiders team the "Perennial Bad Guy?" Apparently so!
Whenever there is a controversial call, there is one thing I can say as a matter of fact. THE RAIDERS WILL COME UP ON THE LOSING END!
This has been in effect from the 1970's Franco Harr...

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