Fans have their delusions about their teams. All fans, all teams. Sometimes it’s best to just let them have those delusions. After all, what is the point of being a fan without them?
Mike Tanier of Football Outsiders doesn’t care about that, apparently. He has set out to tear apart your delusions. He did one for fans of every team in the NFL. Here is what he had to say about the Raiders and their fans.
Delusion: The Raiders just need a few tweaks and minor upgrades to become Super Bowl contenders.
Reality: The Raiders are Maxx Crosby, Kolton Miller, and a bunch of thirtysomething veterans and slot receivers. They need to either rebuild from the ground up or gingerbread the current roster in pursuit of more fluky wild-card berths. And Josh McDaniels didn’t leave the comfort of the nest because he wanted to rebuild.
