To think, I rooted for the Raiders on Monday night as they were having their asses handed to them on an orange and blue platter by the surprising Broncos.

How come the shitty teams always get the perks? Well, you know, besides the thrill of victory.

Thanks to waiver rules, any player with less than four years of NFL experience who is released by another team will be essentially put up for grabs with first dibs determined by a team’s previous year’s win-loss record.

In other words, the Bears nearly added depth at tackle Monday in the form of second-year pro James Marten. The team had put in a claim for the 2007 third-round pick after the Cowboys put him on waivers, but the Raiders, being the suckier team, reserved their right and claimed him first.

What does this all mean? It means the Bears will be left to keep faith in veteran John St. Clair and retain hope that rookie Chris Williams’ back injury heals soon enough so he isn’t a complete waste of a first-round pick. It also means the geezer Fred Miller is the team’s best option for depth at this point. Scary.

As for the Raiders; it means they have another potential-laden offensive lineman to add to their O-line already chalked full of potential-laden offensive lineman. In science, a Black Hole is a space void of mass. In the NFL, the Black Hole is where the most die-hard fans cheer for a team void of achievers.

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