Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Oakland(ish) Raiders

Some people are fans of the Oakland Raiders. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Oakland Raiders. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Oakland Raiders. For two or three more years. And here I thought McCarran airport couldn’t get any more destitute. By now you know the story: owner and “first man you see in the nudist colony lobby” Mark Davis agreed to move the team to Las Vegas after using Vegas tycoon Sheldon Adelson to secure $750 million in local tax money (for a stadium complex that will cost nearly TWO BILLION DOLLARS), and then turning around and cutting Adelson out of the deal when he wanted a piece of the action. I’m sure that Adelson isn’t plotting ways to undermine the Raider…