Raiders have more dead salary cap money than they spend on entire offense

The 2013 Oakland Raiders have a roster that has been described as the weakest in NFL history. 

If you're wondering why, one likely reason is that the team has more dead salary cap money on its books than it has committed to offensive contracts with players actually on the roster. That's not good.

The people over at USA TODAY put together some neat pie charts that show how NFL franchises allocate their salary cap dollars. This is what the Raiders' looks like. Try to stifle your laughter.

The Raiders got themselves into this pickle by terminating a number of contracts prior to their expiration. Darrius Heyward-Bey, Michael Huff, Rolando McClain and Tommy Kelly were all cut, and Carson Palmer was traded, resulting in the giant black slice of pie in USA TODAY's chart. You could call it a black hole, but Raiders fans might take that as a compliment.

Things will improve in 2014, luckily. The current Raiders' front office staff made a deliberate decision to move on from the poor contracts handed out by the previous regime, and to accelerate as much dead cap space to 2013 as possible.

The Raiders are expected to have as much as $69 million in cap space next year, which means they can be major players on the free agent market if they want to be. Of course, that's partially what got them in this mess in the first place...