“Touchdoooooown Raaaaaiiiiders!”

That has been the familiar call of Greg Papa since he began as the Raiders play-by-play voice in 1993.

Over the years, Papa has become one of the most trusted and likable personalities associated with the Raiders, but according to The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami, Papa may be angling to land a new role… with the 49ers.

I get that these guys are praying that they're hired by the 49ers. Sometimes they hide it better than other times. — Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) May 17, 2018

Papa and Fitz. Those are the two. https://t.co/HaXd9Tk8w5 — Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) May 17, 2018

What??

Talk about a kick to the nu…thing would upset Raider fans more than to hear Papa calling games for the team across the bay.

Al Davis surely wouldn’t cast his blessing upon such an idea as he didn’t wish good fortune upon many (any?) faces that fled the Raiders for an arch enemy.

There are very few, if any, who speak with more respect and admiration for the late Raiders owner than Greg Papa, so it would be a strange twist in his career to see him take his talents to the 49ers.

Then again, maybe Papa doesn’t want to live in Las Vegas and isn’t interested in the commute from the Bay Area to the desert land.

He has to work somewhere, right?

I mean, this isn’t DeAngelo Hall we’re talking about here. The Raiders aren’t going to pay their play-by-play voice big money to live in Oakland and do nothing.

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