OAKLAND, Calif. -- What’s that about success and victory being the ultimate deodorant?
Well, not even Jared Cook’s record performance in the Oakland Raiders’ 33-13 stinker of a season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Rams could cover up the smell of a skunk getting loose in the Oakland Coliseum late Monday night and spraying the surroundings.
The smell was as bad as Cook was good.
Consider: Cook’s 180 receiving yards, on nine catches, set a franchise record for tight ends, eclipsing the 173 yards Todd Christensen had against the Chargers on Nov. 20, 1986.