Rock bottom. Getting thumped by a pretty decent AFC team is one thing. Becoming the punch line in 49ers fans’ jokes is something else.

I say it’s time for the “Humiliation Nation” to strike back. I hereby suggest a new battle cry for 2006: “At Least We’re Better Than The 49ers.”

In the wake of Week 1, I’m not sure what’s more prideless: 49ers faithful upbeat about a seven-point loss to Arizona, or these same bozos celebrating the Raiders’ shellacking at the hands of the Chargers.

It was proven in a preseason game last month in Oakland, and it will be reiterated next month in San Francisco: The Raiders are a better team than the 49ers. Nothing that happened in the past four days has changed that.

[Typical Raiders: Not ‘MY’ fault] – Inside Bay Area

Who’s the better team: the 49ers or Raiders? E-mail your thoughts (with full name and hometown) to dave@angnewspapers.com.