A long time ago, Sport Illustrated had a front page article about the Raiders rise once more to relevance. It was during the Gannon era and finally this year, I could see them running a similar piece.

Free agents suddenly want to play in Oakland (or wherever we end up) and the team has an amazing young nucleus on which everything is being built.

Add to this the fall of the Chargers and the retirement of Manning and there is opportunity for the team to move up.