There is something oddly cathartic about drama with YFT – Your Favorite Team. Your coach must be fired, or your quarterback stinks, or your designated diva is mouthing off to express his frustration at not being made more divatastic.
Yet the 49ers and Raiders have none of that, making it all the more difficult to muster a lot of energy toward either of them. The Raiders are in London as part of their annual attempt to pay down their debt to the owners who allowed them to move to Las Vegas, and San Francisco, who was going to be a staple of prime time and big-eyeball time slots this year because of Jimmy Garoppolo, are now the league’s leading flex bait.