Keidel: The Raiders Matter Again

By Jason Keidel
Just 48 hours ago, the Oakland Raiders were a nice story, reviving the ghosts of an old-world AFL team that stormed into the NFL, with their iconic owner and iconoclastic style, bagged three Super Bowls and annoyed everyone in the process.
They were 5-0 on the road for the first time since John Madden stalked the sidelines. They were 6-2, tied for first place this late in the season for the first time in five years. They were giving fans a sense that the autumn wind was, onc