How the Raiders' obsession with success led to prolonged failure 

My favorite thing about this (that I didn't have time to squeeze in) was that in 2008, the Raiders were so bad that four of the five teams they beat then immediately got rid of their coach. Thinking about starting a blog on sbnation.com where we can post details like that or go deeper into aspects of this that didn't fit the video. Would y'all read that sort of thing?

I find it fascinating that Immediatly following the Buccs-Raiders superbowl, both teams collapsed.

Will AB get an entire episode of Collapse to himself?

Listen to me: you guys have to do the LA Kings. Their post-2014 collapse is one of the most salacious, compelling sports collapses of all time. They went on an insane, dominant 3-year run from 2012-2014, in which they won two championships and reached the conference finals in between. They were virtually unbeatable in the playoffs during those years. Then it all fell apart. Mike Richards was arrested at the border with a truckload of OxyContin. Slava Voynov was arrested for beating up his girlfriend. And Jarret Stoll was arrested for possession of cocaine at a Vegas club. The team imploded overnight. They missed the playoffs in 2015, were bumped in the 1st round in 2016, and missed the playoffs again in 2017. Their Cup winning coach and GM were fired in 2017, and now they’re in the middle of a rebuild. They went from one of the most dominant three year runs in hockey history to a scandal ridden joke in the course of literally one season. It’s insane. Oh, and that last Cup they won in 2014? They won it on Friday the 13th. Can’t make this stuff up. Great content. Do it.

Her: Are you loyal? Me: I'm a raiders fan

From "Just win, baby!" to "just win, please?"

Is Jon Gruden the first person to be featured on two episodes of “Collapse”?

Jamarcus Russell has zero Super Bowl losses, he's the GOAT

How can you talk about Oakland and not mention SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI!?

It makes me wanna cry that the 2001 or 2002 Oakland Raiders didn’t win a Súper bowl... Tim brown and Charles Woodson deserves a ring with the Raiders

Wow 2006 Raiders had a top 3 defense and finished 2-14? Has that ever been done before? 😂😂

Y’all should do one on the Phillies team from the late 2000s I mean they literally have the most beautiful collapse line 08 win World Series 09 lose World Series 10 lose NLCS 11 lose NLDS 12 3rd in NL East 13 4th in NL East 14 last in NL East 15 worst in baseball

Now both sides of superbowl xxxvii have collapsed

Al Davis was inadvertently tanking his own franchise when he thought he was improving it

Romanowski was such an ahole to end that kids career.

Having been a Raiders fan since the L.A. days, it’s been really depressing watching my team go from the badasses of the NFL to this dumpster fire franchise they have been 16 of the last 17 years. Draft bust, bad trades, never keeping a consistent coaching staff & letting good players leave the organization have pretty much set the team back years behind everyone else...but I remain loyal to my team & only hope we can get it back together & become the badass team we used to be.

And to this day, the Raiders have had ONE winning season since their appearance in Super Bowl 37.

Do the Buffalo Bills collapse after their 4 straight super bowl appearances

“Just (want to) win baby” -AB when he left

Haven’t heard the name Jerry Porter since like Madden 09 lmao

As a Raider fan, beautiful South Central I began as a Los Angeles Raider fan, I can honestly say this could have been a two-part video or series. Yeah it wasn't easy taking that trip down memory lane and calling out exactly what was going to happen next while watching video, but there's so much more dysfunction and unnecessary drama involved in the lowest points to the time we went 8 and 8 in back-to-back seasons and kept firing coaches. Putting That 12 win season aside, there has still been drama and unbelievable bad decisions made that this collapse is still far from over. However like a married man who continues to stay with his cheating wife I'm still Raider fan I will always be

As A Raider Fan It hurts till this day how horrible this team collapsed 💔 we still tryna get the damn ship just to stay a float 😭 Just Win Baby! Win Lose Or Tie Raiders Till I Fuxkin Die! ☠️☠️☠️

Reminds me of FSU-Auburn championship game where Jimbo hadn’t changed their play calls and Auburn had FSU’s former qb coach reading the calls into the early 3rd quarter when Kelvin Benjamin finally noticed lol If someone from your team/staff is suddenly on the opposing sideline it’s probably best to change your calls... I mean, it’s not cheating if you never did anything wrong in gaining that knowledge :p

Sounds like Callahan was Riker to Gruden’s Picard lol, never wanting his own ship. I mean, I think this is seriously overblown in reality, but it’s definitely funny.

"Lead the League in penalties for the 3rd straight year" Woo Raiders.

One of these needs to be done on the 2016 Broncos to present day. Just spiraling further and further especially after the Russell Wilson debacle

I wish you guys could do some kind of a doc about the drama-filled dumpster fire that was the Jamarcus Russel/Al Davis/Lane Kifflin thing. I really feel that the entire situation from draft pick to the projector was popcorn-munching glory. I don't know if it'd be under beef, because it's a beef triangle, but it sure was gloriously nasty.

Could you start a new series called "Rebuild", where you take various franchises that were laughingstocks or chokers (Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks post 2001, Green Bay before Brett favre and Reggie White came in the 90s, Boston red Sox overcoming the world series drought, etc.), and their rebuilds to relevance? Great content all around, just an interesting idea for your channel. Thanks- A Devoted Wisconsin Sports Fan

No one understands the pain of still being a raiders fan

One of the hardest parts of being a Raiders fan is having to grapple with Al Davis's legacy. He is the architect of everything the Raiders represent, and of its 3 Super Bowl championships. But he's also THE reason the Raiders are one of the most dysfunctional franchises in the NFL since the 90s. The idolatry around Al is disturbing at times.

Woodson went to the Packers and he just won, baby.

As a Broncos fan, I have nothing but respect for Al Davis. A true pioneer.

As a Raiders fan I've been expecting this video. Let me see what you got, SB Nation.

The ghost of Al Davis disliked this video.

You really really need to do an episode on the Ottawa Senators. So close to the Stanley cup a few years ago and now firmly in the basement

As a huge fan of the '70s Raiders, I will watch this later. I suspect parts of it will be painful.

Left out the fact that the Raiders always do Raider things.. like keep Derek Carr in a meaningless 2016 game after already securing the wild card, having him drop back on a 3rd and long.. trading Khalil Mack and Coop.. Not paying players. Making dumb trades lmaoo.. we have a list!

Raiders, Jets, Titans, and Bucs all in one playoff season? Crazy times back then

This story breaks my heart Because I love the raiders 😔😔😔

Gruden can have his own collapse episode now 😂😂😂✨

Do the collapse of the Montreal Expos after the 1994 MLB strike.

As a life-long (30+) Raiders fan, this was probably the most painful RU-vid video I've ever watched (took me a while to even watch it). Now I know what the Saints fans felt like watching the "Noooo!!!" video

Damian lillards buzzer beater against OKC deserves a deep rewind

SB nation posts when I get up? Heck yeah!

Saints fan here and it just sucks to see a team as historic as the silver and black just seem to never be able to get there way back to Glory

If they had met anyone other than Jon Gruden in the Superbowl. We would have won it. And that particular Raiders team would've forever been known as"the Over the Hill Gang"

Charlie Garner was such a beast! Such an under appreciated player.

Can we get how the bengals were on the brick on winning 2 Super Bowls and now haven’t won a playoff game in 20 years

My favorite part as a raiders fan is when we were good for a solid season, and then lost our qb before the playoffs. And then after that we thought it would be better to trade our entire team :’)

" Are we going to win, baby?" Al Davis, from the grave!

It’s kind of crazy in retrospect that the Raiders made a really good trade to extract a ton of value for Gruden... and then it ended up costing them the Super Bowl because things broke right in the NFC and they didn’t change the locks.

As a lifelong Bucs fan I naturally came here after watching the Collapse of the 02 Bucs. Both are great episodes and props on creating a great series here guys. Really enjoy watching every episode even if I'm not particularly passionate about the team on a specific episode you still tell a great story and make it fun to watch and do it in a nice >20min format so I can squeeze in an episode throughout the day whenever I have the time. Keep up the great work guys.

The Raiders have only had two winning seasons since 2002. Well one winning season and a tying.

I love these kind of videos keep up the great work

I love this channel i’ve spent all wknd binge watching you’re playlist

Great stuff and topics. Keep these rolling!

As a Raiders fan, thank you for listening to the fans. Thank you for this one, although it still hurts. And to think Kiffin wanted to draft Johnson before the Rodgers trade talk collapsed... damn. Bad picks (McClain and DHB for example) and bad personnel decisions (Dennis Allen anyone?) are still lingering the Silver and Black. Can we get an AB collapse video, or one from the Astros after their loss vs the White Sox in 2005? Another great example of one team reaching the stars, and then falling so freaking fast. But seriously, please, do the AB one.

Do a collapse of the 80’s New York Islanders

Thank you for this as a Raider fan since 72. I appreciate it.

This is my favourite series on RU-vid 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Love to see collapse on 90s 9ers, 80s Raiders & 85 Bears 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

THEIR CENTER LOST HIS DAMN MIND AND NEVER SHOWED UP FOR THE SUPER BOWL. Gannon got no protection at all. Game Over.

As much of a legend as he is, Davis single handedly destroyed the organization that he claimed to love. And the team has never truly recovered.

Thank you Sports Nation for making this videos really appreciated it

Ty for this!!

R.I.P. Al Davis, always to be remembered as a Raider.

that 2016 raiders team was so special. i still get nostalgic watching their highlights, if only we had taken carr out against the colts :/

I think one of the craziest things is that so many of those players shown at the start basically had their careers end within a year or two of the superbowl. Gannon, Romanowski, Rod Woodson, Garner, Rice were all out of the nfl by 2004. After 2003, Callahan didn't coach again until 2012. Colemen, Porter and Woodson were the only players to make it past 2004.

I love that both teams in this SB featured on this show so quick.

Hurts to see this video. I miss the days of Gannon, Brown and Rice and Gruden stalking the sidelines.

RIP AL ❤️

Been a raider fan all my life. As far as i know.. its crazy how this team was one of the best teams to watch every Sunday to a team of collapse. 60s - 80s raiders were the most winning team in the league with 3 superbowl titles. But in 1986, That changed the legacy of the Raiders. Al lost his mind & the league knew he was done. The 90s were interesting. Raiders were a good team to watch but couldn't beat the power house teams. Also the relocation back to Oakland did gave them some motivation but wasnt enough. But 1998 changed it all. 2000 Jon gruden led them winning their 1st afc west title since 1990 when they were in LA, 1st for Oakland since 1976. Early 2000s was perfect until once again Al became Al again. Probably in my opinion one of the worst decisions in raiders history. February 18 2002 on my birthday, dude trades jon gruden for the bucs. Gets beat in the superbowl, & team when to disaster. 2003-2005 was just the aftermath of the superbowl. 2006 the team when from collapse to diarrhea. Since then, al never found a way to bring them back . 2011 he passes away, Mark davis comes in town. 2012- 2014 was terrible. 2015 & 2016 seemed like maybe the Raiders can rise again. 2017 team falls apart. 2018 Mark brought Gruden back to Oakland to refix history.. 2019 seemed like hope. But now its 2020, a new decade. with Las Vegas as their new home, Jon Gruden has to find a way to hype up his new fans in sin city. Can jon gruden bring the Raiders back to the Commitment to Excellence & take the Raiders back to glory giving Raider nation their 4th Superbowl title? Or will it just be another collapse. Will see, stay tune.

As a raider fan thank you for this...as a raider fan this still hurts

So when is Collapse 2: Electric Boogaloo featuring Jon Gruden going to drop?

Can you start a series called Rise and make it the opposite of collapse (like the Chiefs and Warriors)

You could do a whole segment on Al Davis draft choices. He had a passion for Heisman Trophy winners, even though most Heisman winners have had less than brilliant careers in the NFL. He liked to watch the college bowl games, and would see some otherwise not brilliant college kid make one great play, and decide on the basis of that play alone to take a chance on them. And then he drafted Bo Jackson, who played full-time for the Kansas City Royals after refusing to play for the Bucs, and managed to work out a deal where Jackson played for the Raiders after the Royals season was over. Davis made some terrible picks, then would balance them with a choice like Jackson. It's well worth digging into.

BACK IN THE PLAYOFFS! 2022 LETS GO!!!!

You COULD do a Collapse video on the Madden video games after their peak in the PS2 years.

The problem with the Raiders became Al Davis' draft strategy as they headed into a decline as a franchise. His criteria was literally if you're black and fast, you're fit to be a Raider. Never mind scheme fit, actual position talent, locker room fit, or any of the other silly stuff that builds a great team. That isn't racist, it's a fact.

Great video, you broke everything down in great detail. Hopefully Chucky will turn the ship around around just like he did in 2000, but if not I’ll still be a die hard RAIDER ☠️🏴‍☠️

I’ve been waiting on this video for a while now.

Rich Gannon is one of the least talked about great quarterbacks of all time. He was an MVP and a First Team All-Pro twice but nobody really remembers him.

Do a collapse on Ronda Rousey's career.😁👍🏿😂

Love this series! Please do one of the post 2008 Phillies

Definitely one of your better videos. All ads are being watched as a thank you.

This video goes more into Robbins and his mental health issues. The trigger of the SB episode was Callahan changing the entire scheme at the last minute. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7uqqgX8EmoE.html From an outsider perspective, it just seems crazy to me that Callahan would change the plan two days before against their former head coach. Both teams only had a week to prepare, but Gruden was able to prepare the Bucs for everything the Raiders did. Yes people are going to chime in on how the Patriots add things last minute, but there’s a difference between adding some new plays last minute to changing the game plan last minute.

It sounds like a joke, but we need an early 2010s Texans collapse video: -Lose Mario Williams the year they get JJ Watt -Make it to divisional round with 3rd String QB, losing by one score to the Ravens -Ed Reed signing as a bust -Andre Johnson injury -Schaub injury/confidence loss -Arian Foster vegan fiasco/spirituality -Gary Kubiak is fried, wins SB with Broncos two years later -Texans went from 12-4 SB hopefuls to 2-14, and squandered the first round pick (Clowney) that they would eventually trade for a bag of chips

I’m 21 years old and I’ve been a huge raider fan since I was a child, it sucks but let me just say this video was so on point and well made

I love this channel!!!

Y’all should do the ride of teams and players or collapse of players ex:(rise of warriors) (rise of Giannis) (collapse of Antonio Brown)

I think the main problem was 2002 was Gannon, Rice, and Brown’s last great year. With poor drafting a new core of skill players was never built up.

Will Buikema does the best nfl rewinds and Collapses.

This was very interesting. Would like to see one about the Buffalo Bills & their playoff drought after the Music City Miracle. They had the longest playoff drought in North American sports (MLB, NHL, NBA, NFL, etc.) and finally broke it after 17 years! To put in perspective how long that was, I was 13 years old when their last playoff last happened. It took until I was 31 until they finally broke that streak! Went from being a middle school kid to a married, grown ass adult! And it all happened after an insanely stupid way to lose a playoff game...a game in which the owner forced the HC to start the backup QB instead of the healthy starter QB that lead the team the entire year. Crazy story.

i miss the al davis years when they always took the fastest guy in the first round

"Just lose baby"

Great work - a breakdown of the Chargers collapse is needed. They find new ways to lose year after year.

Al Davis was a nutcase, which is why the Raiders were so bad. Jerry Jones is a nutcase, which is why the Cowboys are so bad. Nutcase owners create bad teams.

Raiders fans gooo toooo hard for a team that moves every 15-20 years

I’m a Broncos fan. Whenever I see the state of my team I watch this video and feel so much better. FTR

I just realized: if jamarcus Russell wasn't a monumental bust, he'd probably still be playing. Which is wild to think. The fact that he got out of the league so quick just makes it feel like he was drafted a lot longer ago than he really was.

Do an Angels episode on later parts of Mike Scioscia's tenure. Their history of free agent busts like Gary Matthews Jr, Josh Hamilton or Albert Pujols deserve a look.