Lions suffer another maddening loss, this time to the Raiders. Debating the fourth-and-goal play call in Oakland, Nov. 3, 2019. Dave Birkett and Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press
“The Autumn wind is a Raider.”
Thus goes one of the most famous lines from one of the most famous poems about football, penned by late NFL Films president Steve Sabol for his 1974 homage to the Oakland Raiders, “The Autumn Wind.”
If you’re an NFL fan, you know it. And you probably know it best with John “The Voice of God” Facenda reciting the poem set to driving music and slow-motion footage of Raiders icons like Al Davis, John Madden, Ken Stabler and Matt Millen.