Bill Williamson is Lazy; Jerry McDonald is Not (UPDATED)

The headline over at Bronco Bill's blog is "Sound-off: Michael Vick and the Raiders." He's soliciting reader emails, now that Vick's been conditionally reinstated, on whether or not he'd make a good Raider. I'm so tired of this, I don't even know where to begin. But since I had to say something, I submitted this:

Amy Trask would never allow it. You've written elsewhere that the Raiders linked with Vick is knee-jerk "Al Davis Loves Renegades" logic (or something). That fact that you've resorted to this on the day that Raiders training camp opens, and not whether or not Heyward-Bey is signed, or if JaMarcus can hold off Garcia, is just plain lazy.

I know, why doesn't Josh McDaniels bring him in to compete? Or is he happy with the duo of Kyle Orton and Chris Simms? Are Thigpen and Croyle really better than Michael Vick backing up Cassell? You'd be better off going back to transcribing Mike Shanahan press releases.

We'll see if he runs it. My guess is there'll be 20 emails for it, mostly from Denver, Kansas City, and San Diego, saying things like, "Of course the Raiders want Michael Vick. They're gangsters, blah blah blah Al Davis renegade blah blah blah if his 40 time is still blah blah blah wildcat."

It makes me want to puke.

UPDATE: From Jerry Mac's brand new Twitter page:

Nnamdi on Vick: ``Anytime there’s a criminal, or someone’s just gotten out of jail. Everyone says the Raiders are going to take him.”

Or, as our Permanent Man Crush might put it, the stories linking Michael Vick to the Raiders are apocryphal.

Next Generation Hate

The Broncos have hired Shanahan's heir, and he is Josh McDaniels, 32-year-old prodigy from the hated New England Patriots and an A-list coaching candidate if ever there was one. As the Patsy's offensive coordinator he was responsible for a huge number of points being scored, many of those in the first quarter of their game against the Raiders this year.

So who is rumored to be defensive coordinator? Mike Nolan, the suit.

I commemorate this moment by blogging via Firefox for the first, but not last, time.

Reason #1076 to Hate the Denver Broncos: Matt Lepsis Played "High" on "Drugs"

Bill Williamson linked to a "must-read story" (sic) in his blog on Christmas Day about Matt Lepsis. Apparently, he liked to get "high" on "drugs" and then play football. I put the words "high" and "drugs" in quotation marks like that because neither the original article in the Colorado Springs Gazette nor Williamson's blog post specify exactly what "drugs" Lepsis was on, or exactly how "high" he was while playing.

So what, exactly, was Lepsis taking? He doesn't say, just that he liked to "party" and listen to Dave Matthews. He also says he never hit rock bottom but that he would get high as soon as he woke up and stay high all day long.

That sounds like weed to me. What a pussy. At least Ricky Williams came out and said, "Dude, I like to smoke pot." Brett Favre famously got himself addicted to pain killers, and Kerry Collins was an alcoholic. And the Cowboys like to snort coke and smoke crack, which, as everyone knows, are real Drugs.

I have a feeling that Matt wants people to be impressed that Jesus saved him from "Drugs," and he doesn't want the Bob Saget speech from Half Baked every time he gives his testimony.

This One's on Cable.

This game came down to two plays: the fake field goal and the 4th-and-3. You get 6 points out of those plays and the game is over. I mean, what a bunch of crap.

By the way, I hate the Raiders right now. Last week, I expected them to get blown out, and what happens? They put up a 31-10 beat down in Denver. I get all excited, thinking to myself, "Hey, they may have turned a corner. Let's get some."

But then they go out and lose to crappiest team not named "Detroit" or "St. Louis."

And now, once again, the Raiders are losers.

Thanksgiving Hangover Picks

So, Lance gets a new job. Jerry breaks down the Tennessee rumors. That seems to me like a much higher profile position than I expected him to get. I was thinking more like a lower-tier Pac-10 job. Anyway, good luck with that, buddy. If you thought working with Al was weird, at least he doesn't have a Body Farm in Alameda. At least that we know of. By the way, Mary Roach wrote an excellent book called Stiff that gives the Body Farm its own chapter.

You know what? I'm feeling optimistic this week. I don't know if this has less to do with the Raiders thumping Denver last week or the fact the Chefs are really, really bad. But I think we win one this week, and match last year's win total a week earlier in the season. Raiders 34, Chiefs 17.

As my father in-law informed this evening at dinner, the Buffalo Bills have the biggest offensive line in the National Football League. "You know John, I got into an argument with that goddamned nephew of Adeline's, old Ron, when he tried to tell me Dallas had the biggest line in the league. I said, 'Bullshit, Ron. Buffalo's line averages 332." You know what, I looked that shit up, and he's right. 332.2, to be exact. Anyway, the 9ers pass rush is not that great. So Buffalo wins, 28-13.

The Packers got their asses whupped in New Orleans last Monday night. This week, at home against Carolina, I think they win. 24-19.

So, for the last game, I'm picking Denver to continue their suckage against the Jets this weekend. 48-14.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Headline of the Week.

Demoted Curry may drop Raiders like a pass.

It's sad to see, too, because Curry had what is probably the only real highlight since the Super Bowl in 2003:

Bill Williamson's Readers on Best AFC West Rivalry

Everyone hates us.