Cross-country in Washington, D.C., the men of the ’92 Los Angeles Raiders were away from family and loved ones. And, the Grinch who stole Christmas had put the Raiders on the road over Christmas. An injury-riddled squad was beset with personnel problems of various sorts and would not spend the holiday season preparing for the playoffs. The Christmas season of 1992 was not a joyous time for the Los Angeles Raiders. QB Vince Evans Led the Injury-Plagued 1992 Raiders to Win Over Redskins in Washington. For certain, “SOME” of the SAME problems and DISPOSITIONS that existed in the 1992 game and season were/are present in the 2020 Las Vegas Raiders season, as well, as Nelson Agholor has attested to. Below is a newspaper article, from that time, written about that game. With all things being equal, by comparison, what was MISSING this season as opposed to the 1992 game, from the Raiders, was the coach Shell AND the Vince Evans moments. Based on what this story says about Nelson Agholor disposition about losing has reported, I believe that Agholor, not unlike coach Shell in 1992, made his “extreme dissatisfaction known” with how “some” people on the current Raiders roster have been “playing,” or “not playing,” so to speak. While the news article below says that coach Shell “reminded” his defense of the imortance of playing good and intelligen football, to this very day, when asked EXACTLY what a visually animated coach Shell said to them in that huddle, Hall of Famer Howie Long will NOT say but he will say that “…we got the message.” AFTER that time out, on each one of the next three successive plays, the announcer said the same thing each time, “I don’t know what coach Shell said to them but “NOW” (with emphasis) the Raiders “ARE” playing like the Raiders. For those who can, PLEASE find this video and you will see the unparallelled intensity that coach Shell “delivered” his “message” with. This is most unusual.” In that huddle, there was ONLY ONE animated person talking and that was coach Art Shell. When the announce saw Art Shell call this time out and call his entire defense off the field and over to the sideline, the announcer said’ “I’ve NEVER seen anything like this before but coach Shell has called his entire defense over to the sideline. Art Shell called a time out and apparently was in total agreement with the announcer’s assessment of how the Raider’s defense was playing. THIS was the game where Art Shell did something that had NEVER been done in football history. It was also in this game that the announcer said “I don’t know whats wrong with the Raiders but they just aren’t playing like the Raiders.” The coach was Art Shell and the quarterback was Vince Evans. For those of you who have seen the movie the Longest Yard, THAT movie took moments from the Raiders last play 1992 win over the Washington Redskins. Given what this article has said, there was a similar moment in Raiders history where a player stepped up and called out his Raider teammates. However NOW, I LOVE Nelson Agholor!!!!! IF this report is accurate, then HE is the current embodiment of what a Raider should and was meant to be. Take that any way you want to but I meant it from an intellectual standpoint. There ARE NOT many men that I have loved in my life outside of family.
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