Al Davis fires away on Patriots
Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News blogs some comments from Raiders owner Al Davis, which came after Davis's press conference yesterday announcing the firing of head coach Lane Kiffin.
Among those that Davis takes some shots is the Patriots, saying that the club had tampered with Randy Moss before acquiring him in a trade in April of 2007. Davis, who apparently did not file a tampering charge with the NFL, noted that the Patriots "went down and worked him out."
Davis's remarks run counter to what Patriots coach Bill Belichick said on April 29, 2007, the day the Patriots acquired Moss.
"It was a situation last night where we talked to the Raiders after the draft. We felt like if we were going to do a pick that was in today’s round that we would need to get that rolling last night and the wheels started spinning pretty fast. Mr. [Al] Davis gave us permission to speak with the player and his representatives so that happened last night," Belichick said at the time.
"I talked with Randy and he came in this morning and we got that taken care of. His representatives and Scott [Pioli] worked out the negotiations. So we are happy to add him to our roster. I feel like he is a player that gives us a lot of quality, has a lot of experience, is a versatile player, and can do a lot of different things for us on the football field in the passing game. So that was that."



Bat poop insane. That's all I have to say.
Al Davis is Crazy. That is all.
Sour grapes that his team is horrible and the NFL is sick of him and his shennigans!
Add senility and memory loss to Al Davis's problems. Couple the remarks about the Patriots with his version of why Lane Kiffen was fired "for cause", and you see a picture of a vindictive old man who is in denial that the NFL has passed him by. With a fan base like that in Oakland, a decent owner would have a conveyor belt running to take the money to the bank. Not so Mr. Davis. By handling his team as if it were the AFL of the 60's, he is a disgrace to the league.
One too many earthquakes for Mr Davis
Who is Al Davis? Weren't the Raiders a team in the 70's ...are they STILL around?!?
Is Al Davis related to the Steinbrenners?
That's excactly what it is Seth, SOUR GRAPES!
They traded one of the best players in NFL HISTORY for a 4th Round Pick!
Smithers release the hounds!!!!
I love Al, I hope he lives forever so that the Raiders always stink. The fact that he is still carrying around a grudge from 86 &01 makes me feel all warm inside. Can't wait to beat them later this year.
These all too funny ... great humour for a wednesday morning.
The only thing funnier would be to have Al Davis and Ralph Wilson at the same podium conducting an interview ... lol
How do the other NFL owners put up with him in meetings ?
No matter what happens this season with Cassell or O'Connell or whoever--even if the Patriots don't win their division or make the playoffs--we can still be proud of the team and enjoy the season for one fact: Al Davis is not the owner, Robert Kraft is. The difference is night and day.
Somewhere in Oakland, there sits an empty crypt.
Davis is a joke.
He's been pushing this NFL "conspiracy against the Raiders" theory for years and his moronic fan base is gullible and dumb enough to believe it. I'm sure the voices in his head told him that the Pats tampered with Moss!!!
The fact remains that Davis, if he ever was a "maverick genius", was that about 30 years ago.
Now he's just Bernie Lomax--the dead guy from "Weekend at Bernie's".
I swear that his "handlers" move his lips and arms for him with strings attached.
He needs to step down, shut up, and appoint a competent person to run his once-pround organization.
The NFL should investigate this claim of tampering by the Patriots. When it's found to be false, Al Davis should be fined and docked a first round draft pick for slandering and defaming the Patriots. This is absolutely disgusting. What he said is slander!
Al Davis is one nutty SOB! I find this hilarious!! He most likely doesn't even REMEMBER giving the Pats permission to talk to 81. So funny! hahaha
The raiders were awful, the patriots had won 3 superbowls in the last 6-7 years. The Raiders had no bargaining power because they were paying a fortune for Moss who wanted nothing to do with them. That Moss took a huge pay cut just to get out of Oakland demonstrates that Oakland was an awful mess of its own making. It had nothing to do with NE, and Moss could have just as easily gone to Green Bay, San Diego, Indianapolis (though they didn't really need receivers at the time), Dallas or any number of other successful franchises.
I feel bad for Moss that he now has to play without Brady, which is probably a major factor in his decision to sign with NE over the Eagles, but I have no sympathy for Oakland, a team who's owner doesn't stand behind his head coach during the season, interferes with the draft choices, and then points the finger at everyone else when things go wrong.
Maybe it's time for Goodell to step in before Specter/Comcast gets wind of this. Mortgage crisis? What mortgage crisis? THIS NEEDS IMMEDIATE ACTION IN WASHINGTON!!! hahaha.
Seriously, I hope this gets all the attention it deserves, which is none.
Al Davis is lucky to have any coaches or players considering the way that he treats them. You just have to look at the polls posted today about the recent firing of the head coach of the Raiders and the concensus is that Al Davis was wrong to fire the head coach.
The "Bernie Lomax" reference is solid work, Tony.
Wow! I guess in the NFL if your team can't win it's somehow the Patriots fault....
Al Davis, meet Arlen Specter. Arlen Specter, meet Al Davis.
You two nut cases have a lot in common and will enjoy each other's company here at the "Home".
Yes, Al Davis is crazy. However, why is everyone suddenly assuming that Belichick passed on an opportunity to cheat?
CASTRO's TWIN found & now want to go back to CUBA !!! !
Kinda early for Halloween.
GO BRONCOS!!!
So the Pats cheated. What's new?
And you believe that the Tuck Rule wasn't a fumble!
davis needs to sell the raiders--they won't have a chance now he has no clue. he was great back in the day but it has passed!!!!!! Who's afraid of the RAIDERS now--No body!!
laffe krispen...the genius bat-poop former coach of the years.....
I saw him drunk on the sideway in oakland last week.
He was outside of Frannies, passed out in a pool of doow-doow, mumbling some football play as the cops hauled him off of the pokey.
AL davis built the AFC. Without him there would not be footballs
laffe krispen...the genius bat-poop former coach of the years.....
I saw him drunk on the sideway in oakland last week.
He was outside of Frannies, passed out in a pool of doow-doow, mumbling some football play as the cops hauled him off of the pokey.
AL davis built the AFC. Without him there would not be footballs
Not surprised at all the anti-Davis comments on a biased Boston site. Belichick cheats, get over it!!
Al Davis is a dope. He should quit buying the stuff they are peddling on the streets of Oakland. I can't stand the Raiders and it pains me as a tax payer in Alameda county that we (Alameda County residents) paid Millions to renovate the coliseum. So that decrepit moron could soak us for more money. Isn't Mt Davis nice for baseball Games? Hey Al don't sue alameda county anymore and take you laughing stock of a "team" and go back to LA or wherever they will put up with you.
Last but not least the Raiders franchise is a turd and no matter how much you polish it it is still a turd. So hopefully this skip mark in the skivvies of the NFL goes elsewhere than alameda county........
I wouldn't doubt it....The pat's are cheaters and I hope they tank!
"They traded one of the best players in NFL HISTORY for a 4th Round Pick"
Hey Christian,
Are you referring to the Packers or the Raiders?
really? this man is crazy...YOU are the reason we don't win... you're old and washed up!! walking around like a flippin' 90 year old pimp! the league hates us because of you... and will continue to do so till you leave! SELL THE TEAM! then maybe we can win a game or two...damn this is why all your faithful became chargers fans.
I am a Raiders Fan and always will be. That said, I despise Al Davis for what he has done to the Raiders and the Raider name. Yeah my team sucks, because Al has his dirty hands in everything. If he would just leave it alone we could be a team, not just a second rate throw back that other teams love to play because they know the Faiders won't make it to the 4th with their old broken down players. Noone wants to play for us becasue of Al, why would they. I wish he would just fade away but I fear that someone in Oakland would save his brain and we will be left with him for eternity....God help us all
Good luck Lane........Five years of fourth quarter losses has been tough on us faithful fans..Oh that's right, You were only with us for two years....Let me see..which coach has been there for 5 years?........Couldn't be Mr. Davis's Hand peck (Ryan)...No..Mr. Davis is too smart for that.
Laughable. Anyone who watched Al Davis' paranoid tirade following the firing of Lane Kiffin the other day knows that he has gone completely mad. The fact that the Raiders are the doormat of the NFL is singularly due to him. The guy is a raving lunatic, and I am sure Roger Goodell is trying to figure out some way to force him out of the league.
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all of you are ignorant patriot fans. They also suck and wont go anywhere. you honestly randy is gonna be going all out when he doesn't even have a quarter back that can get him the ball. The patriots will begin to suck like they use too
Al Davis has been, is and always will be a superstar and pioneer of pro football. He still has his head together. I dont know what you idiots were watching but Al made a compelling case why he fired that little snot nose.
Raiders have been on hard times but they've also had decades of being the top franchise in the NFL. Cant last forever but only an imbecile would blame Davis.
It is worse than a sickness to enjoy making a specacle out of being hateful, lying, and poisonous. This may actually be more enjoyable to him than being successful. The "win" mantra masks a truly diseased soul, but this is closer to his true nature. Maybe the team is being sabotaged deliberately in order for this to happen. It's incredible the read the posts of his supporters. What a world.
There is a weird psychological thing going on in Oakland , with Al Davis. He doesn't want the responsibility of coaching the team ,mostly because it exposes him to failure if they lose . He insulates himself behind a hamstrung head coach , calls the shots , vetoes decisions , and generally micro-manages every move the team makes, both on and off the field. If things go good , and they often have , everybody has a great time and superbowls come along and the Raiders kick ass .
If the plan doesn't gel , he blames it all on the head coach and fires him.
Bottom line , his game plan has worked enough times to be considered credible , and the Raiders have attended enough superbowls to prove it. The current program is pretty f'ed up , but can you really bet against this guy over the long term ?
He gets it done ,
He gets it done? If your referring to 'screwing things up' as 'getting it done' you are right. The moron sent away the only head coach that brought them to a super bowl in recent history... only to watch that same head coach win the super bowl in Tampa!
What he may or may not have done in the past is irrelevant... the guy is senile and has lost his mind.
Belicheater strikes again. All Patriots victories are tainted.
i think the nfl should find some way to expel the oakland raiders from the national football league. this is due to al davis. he is a disgrace to the league. i think he should be abolished from the league for good. the oakland raiders, in general, are also adirace to the league. maybe nfl owners could find some way to disband this shitty organization. a crap owner of a crap team and a commitment to bad football. good riddance to al davis and is shit team.
This "Al Davis" is not worth the power to blow up. Time has passed him by.
He hired a head coach for a position and as the owner you "shut your mouth" and do not intervene with the "play calling". The only time you intervene on a head coach is when your about to fire him.
"Al Davis was the man in the 1970's " At 79 years old it is time to step aside and
sell the team. "The Just Win Baby Does not work anymore" Best Wishes hope in the near future the Raiders get back in the win column....NOT
Al Davis Is Just Sore That he gave us a player that dominated the league last yea for a 7th round pick hes hoping that Goodell will give him a 1st or 2nd because that was Mosses true worth Oh Well Al you Snooze you lose and from what your own big mouth said you and your orginization could not wait to get rid of Moss GET OVER IT!!!
Why is Al interviewing coaches when he promised us a Gm. I cant wait to get another california football team, so I can drop the raiders like a bad habit. I thought I'd never say that, but it sure feels good. Fool me six times, shame on me.
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