Let's Just Say Recently Released Stuart Schweigert Isn't an Oakland Raiders Fan

The more Lane Kiffin talks, the more I'm convinced he has no real conception of what's going on around him. Maybe he's mailing it in and now just shows up to collect a paycheck.

I get that -- owner Al Davis has been trying to run him off for months now -- but Kiffin might want to consider just avoiding the media altogether because he often comes off looking like the senile old man. After releasing safety Stuart Schweigert earlier in the week, Kiffin offered these encouraging words:

"It was in Stu's best interest as well not to drag it out any longer ... With how this league works, you never know, he could be back here."

I'm not NFL personnel expert, but I'm guessing Schweigert won't be back. Call it a hunch.

In the Saginaw News, Schweigert said of Oakland, "In all my years in football, I've never been around a more negative atmosphere. Nobody had my back, even when in the years before I had their backs 100 percent."

Look, I don't expect Kiffin to subscribe to the Saginaw News, but good Lord, why even comment on Schweigert's possible future with the Raiders days after cutting the guy?

With all his newfound freedom, Schweigert took time to unload on defensive coordinator Rob Ryan too: "Some teams will use the cover-o (man coverage with no deep safety help) as a gimmick defense on rare occasions, maybe to blitz. But nobody uses at as their standard defense like the Raiders do..."

As the Oakland Tribune's Jerry McDonald writes, sour grapes might have something to do with this. But there's probably some truth in Schweigert's words too. I mean, the Raiders have won six games in two seasons. Of course, I suspect getting released from such an outfit makes the grapes even, um, sourer.