Lets see. Yes, Monte, I think you are on to something novel. How strange and "credible" it must be for subpar players, who were cut, lost starting jobs and were all part of 5 losing seasons, to take shots at the Raiders. I'm sure their "stellar" contributions and playmaking had nothing to do with the Raider losses. Lets look at the sources, Chris Carr -- who started getting gun shy about returning punts, was going to lose his job and was not even tendered an offer by the Raiders, Jerry Porter -- Mr. $$ sign, I'm not going to play in this offense Mr. Shell because I'm a star who has never even had a 1,000 yard season, Stuart Schweigert, who was benched in favor of an undrafted free agent, who consistently took bad angles and missed tackles, and who saw the Raiders sign Gabril Wilson (yes I'm sure he feels a great load taken off his shoulders not to have coaches who week in and out have pointed out what he needs to do only to have him fail. The only player that you cite that has any credibility with me is Sapp. Even Sapp was on the downside of his career here in Oakland -- why do you think Tampa let him go without even an offer? Undoubtedly, there is some disfunction when a team is on a downward spiral and losing -- ever wonder if these players stepped up their play whether the Raiders would have won more and the whole morale of the team would be better? This article shows no depth or insight or any real investigation into the current team. Pretty lazy journalism.

GeneY63 -- Bleeding Silver and Black for over 42 years!

But Sapp took the money....with his sub-par play, penalties on his big fat mouth, enough to lose us a game. Poor, poor Warren. Where was the LEADERSHIP that was supposed come from "The Mouth"?