Al Davis Airs Out the Raiders' Dirty Laundry

"I sent (Lane Kiffin) a letter. If you'll bear with me, it's about three pages." Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis went off on ex-coach Lane Kiffin late Tuesday, releasing this letter he allegedly sent Kiffin in the week following the Raiders' 41-14 pounding by the Broncos. In the letter, Davis accuses Kiffin of lying to the media on several occasions. He claims that the rift between he and Kiffin came to a head this offseason after Kiffin unsuccessfully campaigned for his father, Monte Kiffin, to take over the defense in Rob Ryan's place. In his press conference on Tuesday (announcing offensive line coach Tom Cable as the interrim Head Coach -- good luck there, Tom), Davis calls Kiffin a "flat-out liar" and a master of "propaganda." He says a lot more than that in the letter, too, detailing Kiffin's opinion on Raiders personnel and one JaMarcus Russell. Here's an excerpt: I realized when I hired ...