Raiders Coach try to Shell Out Dark Cloud This Sunday

The Oakland Raiders head coach, Art Shell, still believes that their better days are still ahead of them.

This is after they blew an NFL Monday Night Football game against a Seattle Seahawks team who played without NFL Football MVP Shaun Alexander and franchise QB Matt Hasselbeck.

The casual observer looks at the Oakland Raiders and sees a team that lost six of its first eight games this NFL Football season and has the potential to lose eight more. Raiders coach Art Shell sees a team that won two games, lost six that it could have won and still has eight more winnable contests.

But don't mistake Shell for being in denial or delusional when it comes to the team he inherited on the heels of three straight losing seasons. This is a man who entered the league as an instant winner, left it a winner and returned this season with a single determination to bring back the winning ways from his past.

It hasn't happened just yet, but Shell said he intends to be here when the defeats turn to victories. Only then will his mission be complete. ''When I came back, I knew this thing wasn't going to be easy,'' Art Shell said, one day after the Raiders fell to 2-6 at the halfway mark in the season.

Against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, it won't get any easier.

The Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders occupy opposite seats in their own AFC West division. The Broncos are on top at 6-2 while the Raiders are at the bottom at 2-6.

That disappointing 2-6 mark could very well be because of Oakland's inability to protect their quarterback, Andrew Walter. Walter leads all NFL Football QBs in sacks this season, a stat no QB nor offensive lineman should be proud of.

Oh yeah, if in some way the Raiders manage to protect quarterback Andrew Walter, Randy Moss will still have Broncos corner, Champ Bailey to contend with.

Who will win this NFL Football game between the Oakland Raiders and the Denver Broncos? All Star Sportsbook has the odds.

Oakland Raiders +9

Denver Broncos -9