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Hey DeAngelo Hall,

GET THE F*CK OUT OF OAKLAND!

We have change in The White House, and it’s starting to appear as if there will be major changes within the Oakland Raiders organization. Mr. Hall was grossly overpaid and it became painfully obvious that he would never live up to the massive contract he signed, therefore Al Davis sent him packing.

“Why release Hall with eight games to play?

Hall admittedly struggled to adapt to the Raiders’ style of man-coverage defense, enough so that Raiders owner Al Davis decided he’d seen enough. Hall is due $16.5 million next season in injury-guaranteed bonuses. Davis would rather take that money and load up a long-term contract offer for cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, according to a league source familiar with the situation.”

In addition to this, Pro Football Talk claims that as many as 15 players on the current roster will be let go before next season. Bay Area residents have had enough… I can only hope this is the beginning of a new philosophy.

Jamarcus Russell is a good quarterback, but most of the country will never know it. I know the vast majority of the people who will read this don’t actually live in Oakland, so you guys don’t get to watch every painful Raider game like I do… but it’s even worse than you can imagine. The 30 second highlight clips on SportsCenter don’t even begin to convey the abomination that is The Raiders

One thing that drives me up the wall is anyone implying that Russell is a bust. Do you HONESTLY think Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, or Trent Edwards would be having the season they’re having if they were in Oakland? For your sake, I hope you don’t. I’m not blind, I fully recognize Russell needs to improve his footwork and mechanics (which in turn affects his accuracy), but these things are really small potatoes when you roll out the scroll of problems the Raiders face.

It’s downright impossible for a rookie quarterback to grab the reigns of the most dysfunctional franchise in ALL of professional sports and succeed. I can’t think of enough adjectives to describe just how bad this team is.

An NFL game lasts 60 minutes. The Oakland Raiders had the ball for FOURTEEN of them yesterday… thats it! By the time the game was over, the Raiders compiled less than 100 yards of offense. The most frustrating part is that the team is spilling over with talent. However, the pitiful front office and the powerful culture of losing that wafts through the air dooms these guys before they even take the field.

I never pay attention to Jay Cutler, so I have no idea how cocky or humble the guy is, but this guy made the cardinal sin of evoking the name of John Elway in Denver.

“I have a stronger arm than John [Elway], hands down,” Cutler said. “I’ll bet on it against anybody’s in the league. Brett Favre’s got a cannon. But on game days, there’s nobody in the league who’s going to throw it harder than I am at all.”

Not only is he comparing himself to a 2-time Super Bowl winning hometown hero, he’s making an incorrect claim about how good his arm strength is. Living in the Bay Area, I have the unfortunate experience of watching every Oakland Raiders game, and I can say without question Jamarcus Russell has one of the biggest cannons I’ve ever seen in my life. (n/h)

And when I say finally, I mean it in the sense that they’ve been talking about it too long. Apparently the Raiders heartbreaking loss to the Buffalo Bills was the straw that broke the camels back, because management is informing Kiffin to pack his bags.

Sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen on Sunday that the Oakland Raiders owner intends to fire coach Lane Kiffin as early as Monday. Team officials have told the coach of the impending move.

When asked after Sunday’s defeat if he was worried about his job, Kiffin replied: “I don’t even think about that.”

I personally don’t believe Kiffin is the problem in Oakland, it’s not his fault that the defense absolutely melted in the fourth quarter. Rob Ryan should be shouldering the blame for Sunday’s debacle, and for that reason I hope Ryan is named interim head coach. Lane and Rob have been beefing since the offseason, so its time for Ryan to show if he can turn the squad around.

If you thought the fact that the entire organization is sitting around wondering if Lane Kiffin will be fired today was the worst thing, ….. its not.

Tommy Kelly, the defensive tackle coming off an ACL injury who the Raiders overpaid with a 7 Year/$50.5 million contract, was arrested today for driving under the influence here in Alameda County.

Kelly now has more arrests in 2008 than he has sacks.