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SAN DIEGO -- It was only fitting that at Super Bowl Media Day on Tuesday, Raiders quarterback Rick Mirer was without a home.
While superstars like Jerry Rice and Tim Brown sat atop metal platforms and pseudo-stars like Sebastian Janikowski sat in designated stadium seats, Mirer was left with the rookies, free agents and scout-teamers, wandering around on the field with no place to go.
He was stopped here and asked questions there. But overall, few paid any attention. His emotions were confused -- thrilled to finally be at the Super Bowl, flattened that he's had very little to do with the Raiders getting here.
It's a boyhood dream coming true with a twisted reality at the end of the rainbow....more
While superstars like Jerry Rice and Tim Brown sat atop metal platforms and pseudo-stars like Sebastian Janikowski sat in designated stadium seats, Mirer was left with the rookies, free agents and scout-teamers, wandering around on the field with no place to go.
He was stopped here and asked questions there. But overall, few paid any attention. His emotions were confused -- thrilled to finally be at the Super Bowl, flattened that he's had very little to do with the Raiders getting here.
It's a boyhood dream coming true with a twisted reality at the end of the rainbow....more
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