Not that their record really shows it, but the Raiders were actually showing some signs of turning it around a bit this year. Sure, they blew 4th quarter leads in two consecutive weeks, but those losses were to a team that's currently 4-0 and a team that's a consensus pick to go to the Super Bowl. Heck, they *owned* the Chargers for most of the game, and the Chargers only were able to pull it out because of the turnovers towards the end, and possibly because they shifted their offense into a "wear them down" mode. Given the performance of the Raiders over the last couple years, this year could easily be seen as an improvement -- they weren't complete pushovers this time around. Obviously, they need to be able to "finish", but just being in a position where they had something to finish in the first place is miles ahead of where they were. Even as a Charger fan, with Raider-hatred mixed into the local water supply here, I wish Al Davis would just go away so Oakland could actually have a football team.

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