How the NFL Cheated the Raiders Out of a Dynasty 

Hey guys, I got COVID but wanted to get a video out because it’s been a while. This is one I made a year or two ago that most of you haven’t seen. I’ll have a new video up in the coming days, so stay tuned for that.

The NFL has a long history in hating the Raiders and Davis and even to this day we continue to see it

And then there's the "tuck rule" game. That was another critical turning point for both the Raiders and the Patriots.

The worst one that's not even talked about is the 1977 AFC Championship game. Lytle's "No Fumble". With the Raiders trailing 7-3, Jack Tatum forced a fumble that the Raiders returned for a TD. Refs blew the whistle and said nobody saw the fumble. They gave the ball back to Denver and they went up 14-3 instead of the Raiders going up 10-7. Broncos would win 20-17. A few days later the NFL sent a letter of apology to the Raiders saying they missed the call. Raiders should have went to back to back Super Bowls. We have been screwed so many times and it's amazing how fans of other teams don't understand why we are all so bitter.

The Raiders were the only AFC team to win a super bowl in the ‘80s. ‘80 and ‘83.

I hate hearing the 76-83 Raiders were a quasi dynasty. If the league didn't always screw them they would have probably won another super bowl in the 70s. I consider the Raiders of the first half of the 80s probably the best AFC team of the 80s, what other AFC team won a superbowl that decade?

The Immaculate Deception, Lytle's Fumble, and The Tuck Rule...

They sabotaged Gruden Too

If the Raiders had drafted Marino we could have had Elway vs Marino two times every year Iron sharpens iron

It’s whack that the Raiders were screwed out of moving back to LA. They were just done dirty during that whole relocation process.

The Raiders could have had Bo Jackson, Marcus Allen and Dan Marino in the backfield, with no trades, and 3 to 6 more SB appearances.

Raiders had some awesome legends

Chase you killed it! I heard some of this but without the details. Although the raiders didnt win between 68'-75' A team usually had to beat us to get to the Superbowl! 6 Conf/AFL losses and 67 Super Bowl b4 winning it all in 76'

Great video teaching the younger generation about the Greatness of the Raiders!! 💯👍

The other aspect of the whole Elway saga is that the Colts’ front office was making headway in getting a contract with Elway in the week following the draft until Drunk Bob Irsay pulled off a trade behind the back of his own front office.

Roger Goodell is carrying it on still lol

If only The Raiders drafted Dan Marino that would have been Al’s revenge for the NFL blocking the Elway trade . Dan Marino on that 83 Raiders team history would definitely have been different the Raiders would have made a few Super Bowl runs in the 80’s

Al Davis was also the only NFL owner who wasn’t involved with the USFL law suit.

And the Raiders STILL won 3 super bowls and became the winninest team in professional sports

The Raiders won 3 Super Bowls in a time when the league hated Al and his Raiders 1977, 1981 and 1984 Super Bowl champion 🏆🏆🏆

I don't see why the Raiders didn't draft Marino at the 26th pick? He wasn't Elway but I think Dan could have won a championship or 2 with the Raiders.

I’m a long time Raiders fan and I remember when all this was happening and Plunkett and Long were two of my all time favorites but I can’t help but imagine what would have happened had this trade happened. The Raiders were stacked with talent at the time and had just recently won the super bowl so they probably would have won at least a couple more and it would have changed everything, Bo Jackson probably wouldn’t have had his freak injury as well.

Life Long Raiders Fan. I always knew and just felt the NFL through Pete Rosel kept screwing the Raiders. Especially because of the Lawsuit Al Davis was winning against the NFL. I feel even today the NFL has it for the Raiders by use of the referees, example, immaculate reception, 1979 AFC Championship game it was a fumble recovered by the Raiders, tuck rule, Gruden hit job, not allowing the Raiders back to LA, it would have been too big $$$$$!!!! I hope change can happen where it’s neutral and fair. Just Win Already Baby! It’s been since 1983!!!!

Davis a football god ...and I'm a die hard charger fan

I had my suspicion that the Raiders were getting done dirty. Just how we were on the ballot 2 go back 2 LA recently due 2 sharing the same stadium with the A's but got stopped all of a sudden cuz now the Chargers needed a new stadium. How convenient🤔

The fact remains that the Raiders still could have been a dynasty if they had picked Marino in the 1st round, instead of Mosebar. So yes, Rozelle got his revenge, but Davis made the choice to not take another HOF quarterback.

I really starting to think that NFL and the money makers up top the big money control the game if they want the Chargers to win the Chargers will win they want the Colts to lose the Colts lose that's just how it's going to be and the referees are involved so are the coaches and so are the players

I love it at the end with a female voice saying. Actually, the scandal was Mark Sanchez touching a teammate's butt that was referring to the infamous butt fumble, where I believe Mark ran into the center when he was trying to scramble and hit his butt and fumbled the ball. Go Raiders!

The Raiders are never going to be accepted like the rest of the league teams history will not be forgotten RFL GO Raiders!

Even with Elway, The NFC teams were way too loaded, back then. It probably saved The Raiders from being embarrassed in a couple of Super Bowls

1976 1980 1983 Dynasty

I mean even though the trade didn't go through. The raiders still screwed themselves out of their dynasty because they still could have drafted Dan Marino. And who knows with Dan Marino could have took them to the Super Bowls. And with Marcus Allen they could have finished they could have won Super bowls

Even worse we could've had Dan Marino but took Don Mosebar

I agree, but they still passed on Dan Marino. Did not need Elway.

Ron Wolf likes to joke with Don Mosebar by calling him Dan Mosebar. True story

The NFL has always had a hard-on for the Raiders. Add to that "The Curse" and we're screwed. Elway, Brady and Mahomes are the standards for QBS today and there's just not enough talent out there that meets those standards. The upside is we kept Howie!

I agree 100% with you and told that to my friends for 40 years

Wow i didn't know about this... Great content

And now it's Jerry Jones vs Roger Baddell. And the Cowboys are the most penalized team in the league. And people think that there is no manipulation in sports haha

Should have drafted Marino

The NFL is an insult to true sportsmanship these days, despite it's escalating profitability. Even calling it "sports entertainment" has become somewhat of a stretch.

Isn’t Mariano a better qb then elway?

Wow I never knew these. I've been a Raiders fan only for 3 years now. I knew that the Raiders are hated by the officials but didn't know down to the facts. It doesn't matter tho am gonna stick to them till I die. Idc even if they don't win a championship in my lifetime.

The Raiders still get hosed to the day

At 11:17 the most pivotal move in NFL HISTORY 😮

Al Davis also opened the door for teams forcing taxpayers to pay for stadiums and abandoning loyal fan bases…Baltimore, Cleveland, St Louis, Oakland, LA, San Diego etc…

Not for all of them raider nation guys they say winning a Super Bowl not important ?

This is so much 'Raider paranoia' But even if it's true, I still don't care. Remember Al Davis' whole argument for the Raiders moving wherever they wanted without the leagues permission, was to claim each team was a separate company. It was not a company with 28 departments, it was 28 different companies. And the commissioners office was a separate entity who should be powerless. Fine. But companies that separate and discrete conspire against, and grift each other all the time. Can't have it both ways Al. Do ya want' "cutthroat" or "sportsmanship?"

This will make everything sweeter when we win that damn Super Bowl.

Still obvious til this day!!!!!!!!!

I was at those LA Coliseum games. Ha ha

Can make a part two who make this a series

The Raiders Should Have 5 Super Bowls instead of 3.

Now we are becoming the Patriots. Got the coach now we are probably going after the QB. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Marc Wilson …. TERRIBLE.

get well soon

Still stiffing us now, while loving the Hunt family big time

It just shows we have fuct up draft picks for 25years!

Same things going on now. With the Raiders. Nada has changed

Even as a staid era fan, I liked Elway.

💯 thanks.

Should have just taken Marino. That was dumb.

And the league is still sticking it to the raiders any chance they get

Its probably going to happen again when the raiders try to move up for jayden daniels who AP LOVES and coached arizona st. im already prepared for this which makes no sense why and the nfl is a pieace of crap...i would hope this hate is over.

You should mention the Conference championships as well imo

I goes on to this day

I will always remain an Oakland Raiders fan but being in Vegas isn’t the same

No one believes the league hates the Raiders even with stories like this and the tuck rule🤦🏾‍♂️

Mosebar was awesome

If elway had come to the raiders he would of had 3 super bowls with those raiders team

The NFL hated Davis because he was purposefully not part of the football owners boys club.

many such cases...............

They did it again to raiders when the NFL shit on gruden with alledged email leak.

Heavy

Here’s my extrapolation The Raiders get John Elway The Bears get Howie Long John Elway gets weapons and a defense so he goes to 4 super bowls and wins 3 between 83 and 98 bringing the Raiders total to 5. Raiders win against the Redskins in 83, Niners in 84, and Niners in 94. They lose to the Niners in 89 Mike Haynes stays in New England but the Raiders get Kevin Ross with the last pick in the 6th round of the 84 draft The Colts get Jim Covert and Dan Marino in the first, and grab Henry Elliot and Mark Clayton in later rounds. they beat the Howie Long led 85 Bears instead of the Dolphins but the bears still go on to destroy the patriots but Mike Haynes gets a pick six to make it a little more competitive at the start. The Raiders stay in LA The Colts stay in Baltimore The Broncos move in the middle of the night to Oakland

There definitely was some funny business... but that is not what brought the Raiders down. Al Davis built the team (and yes I believe they were a dynasty (late 70s and 80s), however he also tore down the Raiders... what with all the lawsuits and Al Davis losing a lot of his football acumen due to not being around the team enough....imo..

Didn't help that he under utilized Marcus Allen so Much

What about the dynasty the Colts missed out on?

The Oakland, Los Angeles, Oakland & Las Vegas Raiders... A commitment to excuses.

Elway won 2 Super Bowls with the Broncos but he carried the Broncos on his back to get to 3 others. If Elway had gone to the Raiders instead of the Broncos, he may have won a few more Super Bowls and the Raiders probably would have had their dynasty at that time.

Yea Rozelle was a douche like Goodell. NFL seems to like douche leadership. But passing on Marino??? At least 2 more SB wins there.

The league hates the raiders? Omg no way

I'll also bring up the early 2000s teams. 2000 - Raiders finish 12-4, demolish Miami 27-0 in the divisional game. In the AFC Championship Tony Saragusa landed on Rich Gannon in the 1st quarter with his entire 300 lbs, injuring Rich. He was later fined $10,000, but the damage obviously done. Without Gannon, the Raiders had no offense and lost. 2001 - Tuck Rule. I don't need to really elaborate, do I? That call was never once made before, and never again. Just at one, crucial time against the Raiders. 2002 - Raiders go to the Super Bowl. But coach Bill Callahan calls the stupidest game in NFL history. Changing the playbook 2 days before the game from a run-heavy scheme, to pass heavy. This made zero sense, and baffled the players, as the Raiders OL outweighed the Buccaneer DL by a few hundred pounds. Tampa had a lights out pass defense that was unstoppable in the playoffs. The Raiders, despite having Gannon, Brown and Rice, were a balanced offense with 4 good RBs. But they rarely ran the ball all game. Tyrone Wheatley didn't have a single carry. The pass plays and audibles they used were the same old ones they had when Gruden (now Tampa coach) drew up. WTF? Some Raider players accused Callahan of sabotaging the game, as he hated Al Davis, and was friends with Gruden. I won't go that far, but won't blame other Raider fans if they do. But he did call the stupidest game in history.

Nobody likes the commissioner, but Al Davis rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. What made Da Bears change their mind?

Look… there’s only one answer to this outrageous abomination! FTR!

Sugarcane Up❤ Biggest FELONY in sports Hx . The most painful was The Tuck Rules Debacle. Let’s face my Beloved Raiders were robbed as 81 gold jacket and Rich west coast offense deserved to be champs. More recently Gruden was stiffed.? In humility Mr . Davis make a U turn get rid of . New England and Denver’s ex coach and Bring back Gruden draft corners only and we well be Super Bowl champs in 24 Nation president cube get this text to Mark ASAP

Yep life long Raiders fan and it’s true !!!

Raiders forever.Raaaaaaiders!

YOU basically DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT THE RAIDERS COULD HAVE HAD DAN MARINO WHO IS EVEN BETTER THAN ELWAY IN 1983 DRAFT THEY PASSED ON HIM AND TOOK Don Mosbar -Al Davis WAS CLUELESS WHEN IT CAME TO QUARTERBACKS

Damm, had Elway went to the Raiders he would've probably won 4 or 5 superbowls. They were a great team with no QB for a long time. I've never heard of this. Crazy

I believe in Karma the people who are responsible cheating the Raiders will be punished and The Raiders will be back on top winning multiple Super Bowls. Just wait!

You might have actually made me feel the slightest pity for da raiduz.. nah

NFL BLACKBALLS THE RAIDERS ISTG THINK AB IT !! There’s only ONE NATION RAIDER NATION !🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Raiders deserve everything they get.

Elway was vastly overrated. And Mosebar was the worst pick in Raiders history, the Raiders with Marino would have been battling the Niners for supremacy for the rest of the 80s.

Get over it! Stop nursing old grudges. NO EXCUSES!!!

Yall will come up with anything other than admitting you suck lol. And that McDaniels can't HC

“Just whine, baby!” The Raiders have long dominated the NFL when it comes to one thing…whining. In reality, they have made their own fate through horrible drafting, incompetent coaching, and undisciplined play. -The Raiders preach, “Cheating is Encouraged”, then sob like babies when they get a penalty. -For 50 years they have been crying about the Immaculate Reception. If you watch the replay, you’ll see that Franco scores because Jimmy Warren (20) and the rest of the Oakland secondary is celebrating before the play is over. The Raider way is to always play the victim and never show any accountability.

Refs robbing the Saints was WORSE

Anytime the Raiders get screwed, I smile.