Blogging the offseason

I have been covering the Raiders for an Independent Media Site for about three years now, and this is the time of year where it becomes hard work. Frankly, there is not much to write about. Once the season ended, the drama with Al and Lane broke out and there were more ways to slice and dice that than Martin Yan with a bell pepper. That drama gave way to free agency which gave way to the draft lead in. There are only so many ways to analyze the draft class before it becomes total tedium.

This is where not yet having been accredited by the Oakland Raiders as a media source is brutal. Neither my partner or I can be there in camp to watch and report. We can only synthesize what we get from other sources, which is frustrating. Everyone and their dog already knows DMC is fast, dude ran a rumored 4.27 40.

Now comes the time when I have to come up with creative ways to keep it fresh. the Raiders long storied history is a favorite topic around the Nation, and doing a retrospective on a retired Raider is usually good for generating some interest. Its frustrating because its too early to look ahead to the 08 season or even speculate on who is going to make the cut, as we have seen no action from these guys. There is just not much out there to cover right now.

Through it all, the thing to do is to find a way to keep the fingers dancing on the keyboard and hope something semi-coherent comes out.

Patrick Patterson covers the Raiders for MVN dot com.