The_Philster
07-16-2003, 06:19 PM
OK, so everyone was a year early in declaring the Raiders too old. Or maybe 18 games, because that 19th one was a doozy. Fact is, the Raiders are old; no less than a half dozen of their key players were born in the 1960s. But hat's off to the front office; Oakland is poised to remain competitive after several deft draft.
Then again, Bruce Allen is the son of "Over the Hill Gang" leader George Allen, and look what it got Washington in 1972 -- a shot at Super Bowl glory, which is just what QB Rich Gannon, WR Jerry Rice, S Rod Woodson, LB Bill Romanowski, DT John Parrella, WR Tim Brown and DE Trace Armstrong want...
more (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/2003/preview/news/2003/07/16/raiders/)
Then again, Bruce Allen is the son of "Over the Hill Gang" leader George Allen, and look what it got Washington in 1972 -- a shot at Super Bowl glory, which is just what QB Rich Gannon, WR Jerry Rice, S Rod Woodson, LB Bill Romanowski, DT John Parrella, WR Tim Brown and DE Trace Armstrong want...
more (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/2003/preview/news/2003/07/16/raiders/)