The only words you need to remember are this.
Just
Win
Baby.
Welcome to the Dark Side
The only words you need to remember are this.
Just
Win
Baby.
Welcome to the Dark Side
I believe this subreddit has some context in the community info for this subreddit. Documentaries, highlight plays, season recaps. It was a good tool to use when I joined ship years ago.
You just need to know, at least were not the chargers.
Commitment to excellence. And just win baby. YouTube that and the Autumn Wind. The mystique, the lore and what it means to be a raider. What it means to don the silver and black.
The black hole!
The last time we won a title, many people here weren't alive, or weren't old enough to remember (1984)
The last time we were relevant, many people here weren't adults yet, and there are probably some that weren't even born yet (2002)
Since then we've been a bottom tier franchise with only a handful of short blips of hope during that time
And yet we're still here 💀
Hell yeah brother. RNFL doesn't mean "Raider Nation as long as we are winning" like the Whiner and Queefs bandwagoners . Good, bad, sometimes REALLY bad...doesn't matter. There is no other team once you join the squad.
Our history is a bunch of crazy ass dudes that were seen as the bad guys of the NFL and we love it!!! The fans are the most hardcore fans you’ll find in sports. We were historic and the winningest franchise until it all fell apart in 2003. It’s been a struggle since then, but RAIDER NATION FOR LIFE!!!
Pepto Bismol can be your friend sometimes. But if it don’t kill you, it makes you stronger! GoRaiders #RN4L
Dude!!! The most hated, feared team in the N F L... The most penalized team in the world on any given sport, not as many players n coaches in the hall of fame , we should have more in there!!! There is more... Google them up n see of from there....welcome aboard...
Get used to bad coaching and gm decisions. I’ve been s fan since the late 70’s. The best thing that can happen for the Raiders is the current owner selling the team.
Heidi sucks
I assume you go to Vegas a lot or live in Vegas….. but the quickest way to fit in is when a Raider fan yells RAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIDDDDDDEEEEERRRSS you gotta yell it back!! No exceptions, it don’t matter if it’s only the 2 of you yelling…. Pretty simple 😂 but just watch some Al Davis stuff, some Black Hole stuff, Some OakCo and LA coliseum stuff, and some John Madden stuff to get yourself started and you’ll find yourself knowing more and more the further you go into the rabbit hole
B loud when Our Defense is on field and quit as a mouse when Our Offense is on and most important is F Da Quifs F Da Donkeys and F Da ChagHers 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🖤🖤🖤🖤
Outcasts, outlaws, outsiders, whatever your swag is, fly it - just win, baby.
welcome!!! all you gotta know is JUST WIN BABY! and SILVER AND BLACK
I would add to all of these, once you're a fan for a year or two you will stop being a fan of NFL organization and all the other teams. I'm not saying you'll start hating them all, but I'm not saying you won't either.
The main thing to know is that the owner is a trust fund baby who knows nothing about football, flies to Chico for that heinous bowl haircut, and betrayed the entire Bay Area to gain respect from the racist, piece of crap cadre of billionaire NFL owners who don’t care about their fans or their players—only money.
And the opening bars of AC/DC’s “hells bells” should make the hair stand up on the back of your neck and bestow upon you a feeling of game-long false hope. Or should I say season-long?
One of our players was nick named the “Assassin”
Jack Tatum, part of the legendary secondary known as the Soul Patrol, also including "Dr Death" Skip Thomas, Willie Brown, and George Atkinson. The Legion of Boom (Seattle Seahawks secondary in their Super Bowl run) weren't nearly as feared as the Soul Patrol.
I posted this for a new person this week so I'm sharing it with you:
Do yourself a favor and deep dive the history of this franchise. We're the reason the NFL exists at all because of the late, great Al Davis. As far as I'm concerned, we're the crown jewel of the NFL and anybody that says different is wrong.
Learn about the godfather of the NFL, John Madden.
Learn about the pioneering diversity of the Raiders and start with Tom Flores.
You can also research how Al Davis had perpetual beef with everyone, from Pete Rozelle, to the city of Oakland, to the city of LA, to Marcus Allen.
Check out the story of Bo Jackson and how he became a two-sport legend.
Check out how the Raiders affected pop culture and how it became associated with West Coast gangster rap.
You can't understand the modern Raiders without understanding where the modern Raiders started. Learn about Jon Gruden's first stint.
Look up the Charles Woodson and Tim Brown.
Look up the tuck rule and how that launched Tom Brady's career. Watch the AFCCG highlights from the Titans game and the subsequent story about the Super Bowl against Tampa (who was coached by Jon Gruden).
Look up Jamarcus Russell and how he set us back and how Al had his spot in the kitchen and drove all our coaches crazy from Lane Kiffen to Tom Cable.
In the decade before you became a fan, we've had some insane games:
Please anybody else list the all time great games I missed from the modern era.
Welcome to The Nation - there is no exit. Only pain and hardened loyalty.
You should watch a documentary that came out around 2004 called "Silver and Black Mystique: The Complete History of the Oakland Raiders" Raiders documentary
It has a lot of good stuff in it.
No rooting even slightly for the Broncos,chiefs,chargers,steelers,patriots,49ers, cowboys,packers,bills(they talk alot for a bunch of losers),bengals(never won shit and talk alot.)That should just about cover it. Also remember guys like plunkett,woodson,stabler,gannon,tim brown,willie brown,marcus allen,bo jackson,lester hayes.
Unstable franchise
There is only ONE Nation and it's Raider Nation. The Sox, Steelers, Patriots, etc. are pretenders.
We hate the Broncos, Chiefs, Steelers, Patriots and Chargers in that order.
Once a Raider, always a Raider doesn't count for Moss, Sapp or McDaniels but it does for you. Once you're in, you're in for life!
Also, it was a fumble.
You must grow a bristling black mustache… or like most of the fan base, just have one in spirit.
Raiders are a poverty franchise full of the uneducated and ignorant their players are borderline convicts and the fanbase is some of the dumbest motherfuckers walking the earth. Great choice!
Highly recommend you read “Badasses” by Peter Richmond. It evokes the aura and mystique that is Raider Nation by introducing the early formative figures and the many events that shaped the team.
Raiders lose a lot so get used to it… only the real Raider Nation sticks around!!
They are notorious for being bad
The highs are highs. The lows are lows. Fuck the chiefs broncos chargers and niners
Fellow Belgian raider here. Prepare for on hell of a ride. And fuck the Chiefs.
Blood in blood out
The raiders claim to fame is the Goonies,
Be prepared to be disappointed every season.
That’s pretty much the main rule here.
Just win baby
Well, if you wanna know the truth, the Raiders were a once proud franchise. Al Davis struck gold. But then he wouldn’t stop meddling and ran it into the ground and that’s where it has been ever since.
Douleur sans fin, mon ami!
What should you know about the team. 1976 1981 1984 Helps.
That they hella suck
Just win baby 🏴☠️
Most important you will ever learn is there is ONLY ONE NATION! Raider Nation.
As for the conspiracies everyone likes or knows…the NFL has hated the Raiders since Al Davis negotiated the merger, forced moved to LA then forced a move back to Oakland haha.
Welcome to the family brother! The Raider legacy starts and ends with Al Davis
Raider nation fort life. It's not about the wins and losses but the family. Winning will be nice in the future, too.
Read the book “Slick” -biography of Al Davis
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