The Oakland Raiders are a team in crisis. This is beyond doubt at this point as the losses continue to add up once again. No less than Jason Jones of the Sac Bee recently printed, "Being a Raider is a disease. The only way to cure it is to go to another team."

The Oakland Raiders made waves earlier this season when they released DeAngelo Hall. There were rumors that there were move moves to follow. Since Hall's release, the Raiders defense has been a much improved unit. The Raiders now need to make some moves to breathe some life into their offense.

For the third straight game the Oakland Raiders failed to score an offensive touchdown. The Raiders defense played just well enough not to win, as they allowed the Miami Dolphins to march down the field and convert a game winning field goal which included a conversion on fourth and five.

Today's game against the Miami Dolphins was a game that goes down in the Coulda Shoulda Woulda files for the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders defense played just well enough not to win.

Once again, the Oakland Raiders are were inoffensive they could be featured on the Disney Channel right between Hannah Montana and High School Musical.

Last season, the Oakland Raiders had their best game of the season against the Miami Dolphins. However, this is not last year's bottom-feeding edition of the 'Fins. Joey Porter has rebounded from his miserable year to be among the league leaders in sacks, and the 'Fins are 5-4 and looking to be a radically different incarnation under the leadership of Bill Parcells.The Raiders are a team that is reeling.

Sunday, the Oakland Raiders travel to Miami to face off yet again. The Raiders and and Dolphins have met a total of 28 times since 1966, with the Raiders holding the edge in the series 16-11-1. This match-up has provided some of the most thrilling games in the history of the NFL. This game will not be one of them.

The Oakland Raiders are a team in a state of crisis. The time to debate that fact has passed. Thus far, we have looked at the fact that the players are miserable, and the coaching and front office are in shambles. Last night, We looked at the Raiders fall from grace following the debacle that was Super Bowl XXXVII.

The Oakland Raiders shelled out money this past offseason like they were part of the federal government's bailout program. The Raiders overpaid several free agents including Tommy Kelly and Javon Walker. The Raiders also traded for DeAngelo Hall and signed him to a mega contract. However, the majority of these acquisitions have been major failures for the Raiders.

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The Oakland Raiders are a team in crisis. Thus far, we have looked at the fact that the players are unhappy and the coaching and front office are in shambles. This situation is bad, very bad actually. Now its time to look at how the Raiders got into this mess. There is no way to find a way out, until you have examined the way in.

There is no question that the 2008 edition of Oakland Raiders has devolved into the theater of the absurd. The Raiders organization has become Falcon Crest on the gridiorn. There was the infighting between the owner and the head coach, who had been publicly calling out eveyone from the ball boy to the owner himself.

There can be no doubt that the Oakland Raiders are a team in crisis. In the first edition of this series, I outlined how the players are miserable in Oakland. Today, its a look at the coaching and front office, and how that plays into the current dismal state of the Oakland Raiders franchise.

The Oakland Raiders have not seen much success from their quarterback position thus far in 2008. JaMarcus Russell was struggling before missing last week with injury. Andrew Walter, who filled in during Russell's injury, did not fare much better. The Raider Nation is already starting to turn on Russell, and they have been sour on Walter since 06 and third stringer Marques Tuiasosopo in 05. The question becomes: What is wrong here?

Once again, our special correspondent L Dizzle has been busy sifting through the wreckage of yet another Oakland Raider loss to decipher who were the ballers and who the busters were. Finding positives was not nearly the mission impossible it was last week, but there is still a long list of negatives. So, without further ado, I turn it over to L Dizzle.