Davis still has his fastball

I've watched a lot of press conferences, but Al Davis' anti-Kiffin Tuesday jaw-dropper was easily my favorite. I was wrapping up our Season Pass rankings and just couldn't take my attention away. Al Davis is perhaps the important living member of football's history: A Hall of Famer, former AFL commisioner, coach of the year, and longtime owner/GM. He's become a punchline in recent years, but I echo Mike Florio's thoughts: Davis certainly hasn't lost his fastball, and he still deserves respect.
A few thoughts:
1. Tom Cable is a commanding presence. He is going to join Joe Vitt in the interim head coach presser Hall of Fame.
2. Davis made fun of Kiffin for treating JaMarcus Russell with kid gloves, accusing him of running a Woody Hayes offense. Davis hinted that the team threw more against the Chargers because Greg Knapp was calling half the plays. Knapp ran a run-heavy offense in Atlanta and it was balanced, but also run-heavy, in San Francisco. Still, it doesn't seem like a bad thing for Russell to get rid of a head coach that never wanted him in the first place.
3. Kiffin did well throughout this whole fiasco, but his lying about wanting the Arkansas job and suspending a coach earlier this year, then telling him to go to a doctor to lie about the reason for his absence, hurts his image. I also wonder how the Bucs feel that Monte Kiffin tried to leave this offseason.
4. Jerry McDonald and Tim Kawakami have a lot more good stuff, like Davis trashing Mike Lombardi, talking Randy Moss, and not letting go of his venom about Mike Shanahan. Davis also had some contrition and regret over his role in Oakland's demise the last few years.
5. I admit I'm pulling for the Raiders to pull themselves out of their current morass, although I have my doubts. The NFL is more interesting with the Raiders relevant. And it will be worse off when Davis is gone.
Update via Aaron Gleeman: You can find the whole presser here





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