Al Davis

It was at the last Raiders home game where that looked like a blunt.

He confirmed it lol

Thought this was an interesting piece of Chiefs Raiders history that many may not know.

Link: /www.sfgate.com/raiders/tafur/amp/Al-Davis-A-heart-as-big-as-anyone-I-ve-ever-2326559.php?client=safari (mobile sorry)

Quote from 06/04 presser: “You know, often times you find that different teams do it different ways. I, on one hand, believe in it because of the fact that these men, whatever level, obviously there are no pro coaches here, but colleges, high schools, I think it’s incumbent upon us to give these guys an opportunity to come in and kind of see how we do, what we do. I was a young coach in 1981 I think it might have been. I used to go visit pro teams during the summer. Some pro teams wouldn’t let you in. One team that I had heard would let me in was the Oakland Raiders. I called, Al Davis let me come in and he spent three days with me. He walked around with me personally. I was coaching the defensive backs at that time trying to find out about bump-and-run coverage. There were two teams that were playing great bump-and-run coverage in the pros – Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders. You had Lester (Hayes) on the corner out there and Mike Haynes and all those guys that played well. I think Jack Stanton might have been the secondary coach, but he took time with me, walked me around at practice. He never left my side at practice. We’d walk over there with drill work, go through it and at night time he’d come back in at night and he and I would watch film from 10 o’clock at night until the wee hours of the morning. Go back to the hotel, get some sleep, come back and do it all over again. Three days in a row, and this was a guy who was running the whole operation. So, from that experience I really believe in allowing guys to come in and see what we do. I think that’s the way it should be. It helped me out tremendously in my career.”

edit*** I guess reads reddit. Sup bro.

Al Davis liked certain types of players on the field including guys who were constantly in trouble on and off the field and WRs with a lot of speed or other workout warriors. What current players fit that mold?

I can't pull up the exact link. Twitter is blocked at work. If someone leaves the link in the comments I can edit it into the post.

I realize the immense irony of a Pats fan posting this, but it's the offseason and this topic warrants some interest from .

edit: seasons* title error

I saw an advertisement for an upcoming 30 for 30 called Al Davis vs the NFL. It is from a bygone era. But could we ever see an owner who fights with the league itself? Who does things his or her own way? Or is the NFL's brand too much about cohesion between franchises to allow this? Would such an owner be good or bad for the NFL?