Once a Riader, always a Raider, right?
That’s how the franchise treats their players and that is always evident when they celebrate the success of players who enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame even if they played just a brief time for the Silver and Black.
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That will be the case this weekend when running back Roger Craig will be inducted into the Canton, Ohio musuem as a senior committee candidate. The induction ceremony starts Saturday at 11:30 a.m. PT.
Craig joined the Los Angeles Raiders in 1991 after starring for the San Francisco 49ers for eight years. He played for the Raiders for one season before spending the final two seasons of his career with the Minnesota Vikings.
Craig made the Hall of Fame, of course, because of his vital role on the 49ers’ championship teams. But he did contribute for the Raiders as he was a teammate of Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen. Craig started 13 games for the Raiders and he had 590 yards and 17 catches for the Raiders, who went 9-7.
And now he will be inmortalzied in Canton forever.
