Oakland Raiders: Mark Purdy: Oakland Raiders opener leaves few silver linings

Scrambling to get the first print story across . . . here's a partial of the grisly result . . . Of all the potential problems Raiders coach Dennis Allen played out in his mind before his head coaching debut, being unable to deliver theOAKLAND -- Positive. We should try to stay positive about the Raiders. So here goes: Their defense wasn't preposterously awful in Monday night's opener. Also, only three of their five punt attempts were botched horribly because of comically bad

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