Tom Cable and the Raiders: Tightrope Time?

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Published: October 3, 2009

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... He has to look at the roster, figure out the opposing team, find weaknesses, bounce ideas off the coaches, talk to the media and then play babysitter to millionaires.

All that, before Sunday.

Then comes the other side...Al Davis.

With this side, he has to constantly listen to an owner who wants to be involved in all aspects of the game, never mind the fact the media has painted him as being in various forms of dementia, out of touch with reality, and that the game has passed him by.

Now as the JaMarcus Russell experiment seems to be falling apart again, questions are being asked, who is calling the shots in Oakland...and are they the right shots?

To one degree, it is understandable why Tom Cable doesn't yank Russell off the field, drop him in the locker room, and be done with it. It's called job security. Russell is still Al's prize catch and as long as Al is alive, Russell is going to be given every chance to start. Cable, to this extent has to...

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