Since He's the Only Raider That Can Score, Al Davis Gives Janikowski 4-Year $16mil Deal

Proving that he's still completely senile, Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis has signed kicker Sebastian Janikowski to a 4-year, $16 million deal - $9 million of which is guaranteed money. Janikowski was a free agent following the 2009 season and was pretty much the only player on the Raiders who scored any points at all for the whole season. The new contract makes Janikowski the richest kicker ever in the NFL and makes Al Davis the oldest dumbass in the NFL.

That being said, Janikowski is coming off the best season of his career. He's spent ten years with Oakland, but notched his best marks in 2009. He made 26 of 29 field goals, including six kicks of at least 50 yards with a 61-yarder that was the fourth longest in NFL history. Janikowski also had 17 touchbacks on 58 kickoffs for the sixth-best mark in the league last season. I still don't see how $4mil a year is justified unless the Raiders' gameplan is going to continue to be, "have every offensive drive sputter out around the 50 yardline and then have Janikowski kick a 50+ yard field goal."

The only other plays in Tom Cable's Raider playbook are called "J Russell-10 razor-fumble right" and "J Russell-blue 42-interception left". So on second thought maybe keeping the long bomb kicker on the roster isn't such a bad idea. Janikowski was drafted in the first round of 2000 by the Raiders, but missed 10 kicks in his first season. He was the first specialist (K, P, etc) to be taken in the first round in over 20 years, proving Davis was already on his way to senility a decade ago. In his first three seasons, Sebastian only hit 76% of his kicks, but in 2008 became the Raiders' all-time leading scorer, proving just how much the Oakland Raiders really do suck on offense.