Pryor-Russell comparisons are laughable
By Jerry McDonald - NFL Writer
Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 1:20 pm in Oakland Raiders.
Pinch-hitting for Steve Corkran today . . .
Dick Vitale said on his Twitter account the Raiders are hoping quarterback Terrelle Pryor isn’t another JaMarcus Russell.
He’s not the only one. I’ve heard it dozens of times since I wrote two months ago the Raiders should consider Pryor, an idea that became a reality Monday when Oakland forfeited its third-round pick in the 2012 draft to take the Ohio State quarterback.
Well, they’re both pretty big for quarterbacks and they do have the same skin color.
The comparisons end there.
Russell was cut after making $39 million, making it a disaster when he became a washout. Pryor, according to John Clayton’s calculations, will get around $591,000 guaranteed as the No. 18 pick in the third round, the way contracts are slotted.
Russell played 25 games as a college quarterback, going 21-4 an builidng his reputation with a Sugar Bowl MVP performance against an overmatched Notre Dame team. Pryor was 31-4, winning both the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl MVPs against more competitive opponents in Oregon and Arkansas.
Russell came in as a fabulous arm attached to a soft body and a questionable work ethic. Pryor’s passing game is said to be in need of work, but he’s a fabulous physical specimen whose propnensity for work has not been questioned.
Russell could play no other position but quarterback, unless the Raiders secretly toyed with the idea of lining him up inside with Tommy Kelly once his weight approached 300 pounds. Pryor could be either a wide receiver or a pass receiving tight end if it doesn’t work out at quarterback.
Is it possible Pryor doesn’t have what it takes to be an NFL quarterback? Absolutely, that’s the nature of the position. Happens all the time. But there are fallback options if it doesn’t as a playmaking receiver and the economic reality is his contract won’t be the elephant in the room as it was with Russell.
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August 22nd, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Good call.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Hi Jerry.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Great pick.
Go raiders
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Pryor scored a 27 on the wonderlic…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:23 pm
what up Jerry?…fire cockran…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:23 pm
The Raider QB school is unaccredited, though.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Sorry not practice squad. Scout Team Q.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:24 pm
“Dick Vitale said on his Twitter account the Raiders are hoping quarterback Terrelle Pryor isn’t another JaMarcus Russell.”
Who in the HELL cares what Dick Vitale thinks about professional football? The only thing he knows anything about is college hoops, and even then he’s an annoying blowhard.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Thats more than KK, tj, and JaMeatball combined!
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# Thec07 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Pryor scored a 27 on the wonderlic…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:24 pm
KoolKell Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:23 pm
The Raider QB school is unaccredited, though.
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The Hue Jackson School of Q Development is tho.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Mike V 2.0…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:25 pm
didn’t the Jags select a QB a few years back to play WR in the first? Think his name was Matt Jones
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Thank God Russell hasnt made the old man gun shy.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Seymour666Glenn wants to redshirt pryor like he wanted to redshirt DMAC.
lmfao
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:25 pm
The Raider QB school is unaccredited, though.
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LOL!
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Dont expect to see him in the presea…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:26 pm
I was out camping this weekend. Finally watched the Niner game last nite on the DVR. I didnt think the game was as bad as everyone made it out to be. The score was 0-3 when the starters were pulled out.
Pryor should get on the field during the preseason simply because hes done after that.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:27 pm
6-6, 240. 4.4 on the 40 yd dash…and Al held it in his pants for 2 whole rounds!…thing is those numbers up there have nothing to do with playing QB in the NFL. Could Pryor be the next Gates? lets hope so, we need help at TE
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:27 pm
How did his wonderlic compare to the top QB’s drafted this year?
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:27 pm
RaiderDuck Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:24 pm
“Dick Vitale said on his Twitter account the Raiders are hoping quarterback Terrelle Pryor isn’t another JaMarcus Russell.”
Who in the HELL cares what Dick Vitale thinks about professional football?
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I think because Vitale has known Pryor since Pryor was a little kid. Pryor was slated to be a MAJOR Big East basketball prospect, but switched at the last second.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:27 pm
Thec,
me neither. Preseason already?
the last preseason game is like 12 days away and Pryor hasn’t even signed his contract yet!
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:28 pm
$591,000 guaranteed for a guy who is 6-4 260 lbs and runs a 4.4 is well worth the gamble.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:28 pm
324.ENGLANDRAIDER Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:12 pm
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:49 pm
EnglandRaider,
your petty insults aside, are you saying Hue Jackson had no say whatsoever in this move?
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MY “petty insults aside”?! LOL!
I like my “petty insults” to stay where I put ‘em.
You sound like a whiner fan.
Am I saying that Hue had no say in this move whatsoever?
No, I didn’t actually say that.
We all know that Al Davis always does what his coaches want. (sarcasm)
I did read a couple of rumors about Jackson and Al disagreeing on this but it was just on places like prosportsdaily and I have no reason to believe them.
I don’t know whether Jackson likes it or not but I’m fairly confident that he will come out and say that he does.
Sorry if I hurt your feelings.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:28 pm
So Pryor will either bump Boller, Edwards, N Miller the IR killer, or Ausberry?
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:28 pm
USATODAY and a couple other news sites are saying he was drafted to play receiver. I want to see him get a shot at QB.
We have a lot of experienced QB coaches to set on him. I have always thought he was better than Kaepernick and that dude went in round 2. Remember that Jake Locker, who is horribly inaccurate (52ish completion percentage during his time at Washington – bleh) through college and at the combine was drafted what, 8 or 10 overall?
We got Pryor for a 3rd rounder, I am okay with that.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:29 pm
RR, yeah he still has to learn the playbook…Most you will see him is a gadget wildcat to start however, if he can grasph the NFL game he has a high ceiling…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Pryor should and probably will see extended action in the 4th practice game.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Jerry has been for getting Pryor from the git go.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:27 pm
6-6, 240. 4.4 on the 40 yd dash…and Al held it in his pants for 2 whole rounds!…thing is those numbers up there have nothing to do with playing QB in the NFL. Could Pryor be the next Gates? lets hope so, we need help at TE
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I watched a lot of Pryor at Ohio State, I don’t think the dude is physical enough to play TE.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Just heard they are canceling the 49ers vs Raiders preseaon match ups.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm
whatever position he plays he will have to develop into it.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm
“Dick Vitale said on his Twitter account the Raiders are hoping quarterback Terrelle Pryor isn’t another JaMarcus Russell.”
That Dick Vitale has some friggin insight! hey Dick, better say: “The Raiders are hoping (any player in the roster) isn’t another JaMarcus Russell.”
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm
MistaBrown Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Seymour666Glenn wants to redshirt pryor like he wanted to redshirt DMAC.
lmfao
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don’t be a moron. Oh right, that’s impossible for you. There is no way you are just going to throw Pryor to the lions. Not with three vets in front on him. And BTW, McFadden had 5 starts his lst year. A very light load for a rookie RB. What a moron.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm
+1 @ #25
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:31 pm
How did his wonderlic compare to the top QB’s drafted this year?
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excellent question!
Newton
Locker
Gabbert
Ponder
Dalton
Kaepernick
all Top 50 picks … where does Pryor rank among them?
I guess you could add Mallett too, because he went 74th overall and Pryor being the 18th selected in the 3rd round would be 80+
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:31 pm
This is a great move.
As Thec07 said, Michael Vick 2.0.
Check out his highlights…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EulYKdokw48
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:32 pm
He is going to play QB for the Raiders, we allready are loaded with Wr’s and TE’s….
TPRYOR, welcome to the NATION…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:33 pm
MV20
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:33 pm
a 27 on his wonderlic test, are you schyting me? so dont compare him to v.y. and his 5.5 on his test.
Pryor is gonna be the man in oakland, has anybody seen the arms on that fool, crazy schyt. hes like bushwacker,bones, and i’m a gangster all in one.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Nick Miller the DB killa survived 16 weeks injured and inactive in the 53 man roster, he will survive Pryor. No problemo!
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Wonder what # he gets..
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:34 pm
raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:22 pm
I was out camping this weekend. Finally watched the Niner game last nite on the DVR. I didnt think the game was as bad as everyone made it out to be. The score was 0-3 when the starters were pulled out.
our passing game was horrible last year and could be explosive this year with the emergence of DHB Moore and the others back from injury add in the running game. The concern is the continual inability to stop the run. We have the dline and the big lbs which were supposed to be a liabiliy in the pass game at the expense of stopping the run but at this point doubtful we’ll do either
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Now that he is our jug eared knucklehead, I predict great things for TP. He just has a few small things to iron out and he will be a great QB especially handing off to DMAC & Bush half the time and unloading Als long bomb special the rest of the time.
BEST YEAR EVER!!!
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
It isn’t so much how intelligent a QB is it is how fast can you think and make snap decisions.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Kirk Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:31 pm
This is a great move.
As Thec07 said, Michael Vick 2.0.
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Pryor is not Vick 2.0. Pryor is a much bigger, different type of player than Mike. Hopefully the Raiders can take their time and develop him.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
So TPRYOR got a 27 on his wonderlic…
tell me what these guys got;
JRUSS
MALLET
COLINK
NEWTON
LOCKER
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:36 pm
He is going to play QB for the Raiders, we already are loaded with Wr’s and TE’s….
TPRYOR, welcome to the NATION…
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McFadden, Bush, Jones at RB
DHB, Murphy, Ford, Schilens, Moore at WR
Boss, Myers, Ausberry at TE
Pryor just might be the missing peice to the puzzle!
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:36 pm
I believe an hope he works out for us as a QB
he has a ver high ceiling
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:36 pm
I think Terrel Pryor should get at least a look at QB. If the coaches think there is no way it would work then teach him how to be a WR. He would make a good redzone threat fo sho
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:36 pm
DMAC got hurt week 2 with turf toe theres your 5 starts knucklehead. Only you would want to redshirt DMAC his rookie year.
If you think Boller or Edwards didn’t just become expendable think again Einstein. If they plan on moving him to WR then N Miller is gone.
Use your noodle Oak!
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# Seymour Bush Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 pm
don’t be a moron. Oh right, that’s impossible for you. There is no way you are just going to throw Pryor to the lions. Not with three vets in front on him. And BTW, McFadden had 5 starts his lst year. A very light load for a rookie RB. What a moron.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:36 pm
im so happy with this 3rd round pic im gonna go smoke a SLR CHURCHILL!!!!!
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:37 pm
raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:28 pm
$591,000 guaranteed for a guy who is 6-4 260 lbs and runs a 4.4 is well worth the gamble.
yes
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Prior’s certainly not getting Hall, Walker, Russell kind of money.
The problem for me is the missing 3rd round pick used on a known gamble when there’s a need on the OL but it’s done already.
Go Raiders.
We’re going to have a lot of fun watching little Jacoby Ford and D. Moore play for sure and if DHB catches any more passes like the one he caught from Campbell at the two yard line, that’s all good too.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:37 pm
lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
It isn’t so much how intelligent a QB is it is how fast can you think and make snap decisions.
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Of course not however, want to takle away the “he is not cerebral” argument…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:38 pm
does he have the arm strenth to throw the long ball?
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:39 pm
ENGLANDRAIDER Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Prior’s certainly not getting Hall, Walker, Russell kind of money.
The problem for me is the missing 3rd round pick used on a known gamble when there’s a need on the OL but it’s done already.
Go Raiders.
We’re going to have a lot of fun watching little Jacoby Ford and D. Moore play for sure and if DHB catches any more passes like the one he caught from Campbell at the two yard line, that’s all good too.
our oline is deep this year, where’s the need?
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:39 pm
I think Jamarcus got a 60 yard throw out of his Wonderlic test. Al was salivating!
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:39 pm
despense with the WR, and Te talk,,,He will be playing QB….
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:40 pm
whats his completion % number?
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:40 pm
For those interested in Wonderlic scores:
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/38624/beyond-those-qb-wonderlic-scores
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:41 pm
EnglandRaider, you didn’t hurt my feelings. I was just hoping we could have an adult discussion on Hue Jackson and this recent acquisition, that’s all. You’re pretty much saying that won’t be possible. Fair enough. I’ll remember not to engage or respond to you in the future. Good day.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:41 pm
I hear you,Thec.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Raiders = Unbeatable on Madden..
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:42 pm
saw the 49er game last night. very happy to see DHB making plays. D. Moore reminds me of the way Tim Brown moved, dont know why…Kamerion looks overweight, must be the most massive OLB in the league, Campbell aint starting 16 games this year, the young Oline is struggling. Keep Pryor, Edwards, and Boller.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Very interesting indeed. Don’t like losing next years 3rd rounder but Pryor probably wouldn’t have lasted till the 5th. Besides…We can use our compensatory picks to get back into the 3rd. Give him a shot at QB and if it doesn’t work out WR or TE. Maybe he’ll become a more dangerous version of Brad Smith. Word is the Patsies were interested and might have scooped him before we picked in the 5th. Nice to scoop them if that’s the case.
No more Raiders/Niners ex games thanks to the reptile brains.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:45 pm
So his wonderlic was higher than
NEWTON
LOCKER
MALLETT
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Thec07 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:45 pm
So his wonderlic was higher than
NEWTON
LOCKER
MALLETT
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Yup, and it seems he fits the 26-27-60 rule
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:47 pm
I finally called one right and this is a low risk high reward pick. He has insurance at other positions and could be a good qb or wr
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:48 pm
It’s stupid that we can’t play him till game 6.
That’s BS.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Pryor’s wonderlic score is 27
scored higher than: Mallett, Newton & Locker
scored lower than: Gabbert, Ponder & Dalton
not bad !!!
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Yep. We have to consider what round he would have been picked in next year if he stayed in school.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Mallett’s score does not count, does it?
He is like the second from the left on the evolution scale. No way can he take a test
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Yup, and it seems he fits the 26-27-60 rule
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very interesting….Makes no since to convert him then…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Wasn’t JaJa’s in single digits?
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
RedneckRaider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:46 pm
Thec07 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:45 pm
So his wonderlic was higher than
NEWTON
LOCKER
MALLETT
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Yup, and it seems he fits the 26-27-60 rule
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What rule is that..?
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
F’n ESPN, They some haters big time, all the tweets they showed about Pryor looked like a bunch of Donk and KC fans just trying to dog on the Raiders.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
our oline is deep this year, where’s the need?
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Satele play ok in the last part of the year but’s he’s pretty small, and just an average center in a good year.
Barnes has played ok in spots. We don’t need spots.
Loper is Loper.
We did run with Carlise last year but he’s not the future or the present.
Plus we look to be starting two rookies (Wiz and Bruce) and a second year guy (Veldheer) who is still dizzy from all the positions and rotations that Cable put him in last year.
The jury’s out on the rookies but with shortened pre-season, veterans will probably do better than rookies.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Campbell aint starting 16 games this year, the young Oline is struggling. Keep Pryor, Edwards, and Boller
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Macho,
there is NO CHANCE Boller & Edwards make the squad and JCamp doesn’t. ridiculous!
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Cut Boller and La Secla, especially Boller
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Veldheer Wiz Satele Heyer Barks Carlisle and Bcampbell have looked good to me
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
severeraiderz Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Cut Boller and La Secla, especially Boller
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Negative. Boller needs to stay
Not one of our current QBs will be cut, all their contracts are up at the end of the year..
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
cerebral
Has over 60% completion rate.
started more than 27 games in college
Has a good arm
Is athletic
NOT LAZY…See JRUSS
Is FAST….
Good pickup for the NATION…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Didn’t we pass over Mallet in the draft because he was a gamble with what some folks said was his attitude?
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
All I can say is we better go for more hogs in next year’s draft.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Mum-O-Killowe Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Raider Ray Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 10:50 am
AdamSchefter Adam Schefter
For ther 2nd, 3rd and 4th-rd pick in 2012, Raiders now have QB Jason Campbell, QB Terrelle Pryor, RB Taiwan Jones and OL Joseph Barksdale.
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Nice work by the Raiders. Use 2012 picks in 2009, 2010 and 2011 great way to build a team. And we will trade a QB for a mid round pick after week 6. And we have comp picks coming.
WIN !
Mum-O-Killowe Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Who would you rather have, Pryor or Kapernick??
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August 22nd, 2011 at 1:53 pm
looks like its going to be a long year. we looked like dog $hit in the first two per season games.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:54 pm
RRS-he wasn’t saying cut JC,just that we should keep them all.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:54 pm
What rule is that..?
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Not a rule but a theory.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/38624/beyond-those-qb-wonderlic-scores
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Outtro….1 NATION…
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:55 pm
new year same old stuff… cant block and cant tackle
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:55 pm
ENGLANDRAIDER Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Didn’t we pass over Mallet in the draft because he was a gamble with what some folks said was his attitude?
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I don’t think Mallett can read or write.
Plus, he had significant rumors of drug use (not the little stuff) and coming off the Jamarcus drama, I don’t think Al was ready to take that plunge.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:56 pm
To heck with theories. All that matters is if a guy can play. The combine is a big waste of time.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:57 pm
and i agree.. get rid of boller.. watched him stink it up in baltimore and still dont think too highly of him.
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:57 pm
realtruraider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:50 pm
F’n ESPN, They some haters big time, all the tweets they showed about Pryor looked like a bunch of Donk and KC fans just trying to dog on the Raiders.
kc and denver needs to try not to get swept by us this year and espn would be hailing it a great pick had it been made by belichek or andy reid
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:58 pm
The combine is a big waste of time.
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But DHB looked amazing at the combine? Without the combine how can players like DHB showcase their talents?
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:59 pm
Goodell is an a$$ for that suspension, he had no grounds and pretty much was only able to enforce because he was dangling Pryors ability to have an NFL career in front of him. I wonder what hue will say about where and how he will be used, I know he has to be excited about all of these weapons we have because our offense has the ability to be very creative. If he gets signed today and practices all week hopefully he can get a two minute drill in the 4th against the Saints
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:59 pm
Pryor > Vick
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:59 pm
R8ER MIKE Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:55 pm
new year same old stuff… cant block and cant tackle
BCampbell Wiz and Barksdale look good so far and Shaughnessey Houston Seymour Mcclain Goethel and Wimbley are supposed are supposed to help us with the tackling
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:00 pm
oh please get real.. if new england does it , its f’in wonderful… if the raiders do it, it is the worst thing that could happen !! everyone outside the nation hates our guts.. i say fu*k em !!! we are one nation..RAIDER NATION FOR LIFE !!!
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Been hoping for a while that Al would grab both Pryor and Chimdi from the OSU.
Good job.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:01 pm
R8ER MIKE Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:00 pm
oh please get real.. if new england does it , its f’in wonderful… if the raiders do it, it is the worst thing that could happen !! everyone outside the nation hates our guts.. i say fu*k em !!! we are one nation..RAIDER NATION FOR LIFE !!!
Imagine if we had traded for Haynesworth or Ocho what espn would be saying? They’d rip us
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:02 pm
The combine is a big waste of time.
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But DHB looked amazing at the combine? Without the combine how can players like DHB showcase their talents?
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Bruce Campbell, too!
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Imagine if we had traded for Haynesworth or Ocho what espn would be saying? They’d rip us
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inonewordraider,
Al Davis could care less what the media thinks
sign Terrell Owens!
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:03 pm
His youtube highlight reel showing games against Minnesota, Purdue, Indiana and Illinois Urbana-Champaign are fkn amazing. I’m in!
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:03 pm
The Raiders don’t have to cut Kyle Boller are Trent Edwards tell week 5, Pryor doesn’t count towards the 53 tell then. They could put him on as a WR to cause by then there could be an injury anyway
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Raiders need to sign LOFA or Kirk to play that WLB spot!!
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:04 pm
what’d you guys think about BCampbell? Guy looked like he was pushing his man back consistently
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Actually Goodell did him a favor.According to the rules he shouldn’t even have been eligible for this draft.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Inonewordraider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:34 pm
raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:22 pm
I was out camping this weekend. Finally watched the Niner game last nite on the DVR. I didnt think the game was as bad as everyone made it out to be. The score was 0-3 when the starters were pulled out.
our passing game was horrible last year and could be explosive this year with the emergence of DHB Moore and the others back from injury add in the running game. The concern is the continual inability to stop the run. We have the dline and the big lbs which were supposed to be a liabiliy in the pass game at the expense of stopping the run but at this point doubtful we’ll do either
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Granted thats true, but lets not act like the Niners with Gore is a slouch on running the ball. Most of the SF OL is top draft picks.
The Raiders DL was in the backfield they were just vershooting the plays. Also SF played their first team for the entire first half.
If anything I think that that game showed that we are not as deep as we thought. Thats why Hue is not trying to play the starters that much during preseason. There isnt much beyond the starters.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:07 pm
106.DKnight007 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Raiders need to sign LOFA or Kirk to play that WLB spot!!
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Correct
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:08 pm
The Raiders DL was in the backfield they were just vershooting the plays. Also SF played their first team for the entire first half.
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Same excuses i keep hearing…..we shoot the gaps and dont play fundamental run defense
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Sources say that Pryor plans to appeal the suspension once he signs his contract.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:08 pm
103.RaiderRockstar Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Imagine if we had traded for Haynesworth or Ocho what espn would be saying? They’d rip us
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inonewordraider,
Al Davis could care less what the media thinks
sign Terrell Owens!
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So I can hurt him
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Al is lining up his replacement for Jason Campbell.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:09 pm
I’m still waiting for McClain to tackle a running back.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Get Wiz2,Barksdale and B Campbell out there now…….those vets are lame
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:10 pm
I say lets see what he can do as a QB and if that does not work move him out wide we have moved guys like Curry who played QB in college to wide receiver and the guy will not have a huge deal like russell who i hoped he was gonna be our guy but if you do not want to put in the work to get better like russell screw em i say we need guys who want to be good want to be good want to get better and are team first guys thats what we need Pryor will do what he is asked of him and as a Diehard Raider fan i say thats what we want no me first guys
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:10 pm
raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Inonewordraider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:34 pm
raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:22 pm
I was out camping this weekend. Finally watched the Niner game last nite on the DVR. I didnt think the game was as bad as everyone made it out to be. The score was 0-3 when the starters were pulled out.
our passing game was horrible last year and could be explosive this year with the emergence of DHB Moore and the others back from injury add in the running game. The concern is the continual inability to stop the run. We have the dline and the big lbs which were supposed to be a liabiliy in the pass game at the expense of stopping the run but at this point doubtful we’ll do either
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Granted thats true, but lets not act like the Niners with Gore is a slouch on running the ball. Most of the SF OL is top draft picks.
The Raiders DL was in the backfield they were just vershooting the plays. Also SF played their first team for the entire first half.
If anything I think that that game showed that we are not as deep as we thought. Thats why Hue is not trying to play the starters that much during preseason. There isnt much beyond the starters.
glad he doesn’t have em playing much and you’re right we were in their backfield yet they still ran too well for my liking against our first team D. Hope we can get the run d fixed bcuz I can’t see our big lbs ever being proficient in pass d
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Twocents Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:03 pm
I liked this by Buckeyeraider. It confirms what I’ve seen of Pryor.
Buckeyeraider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 11:32 am
This kid was the no. 1 rated HS player in the country. He was being recruited by his hometown Penn State, and Meeeshigan, with their new coach Rich Rod and his shotgun, spread offense. Pryor coulda went there because that college offense fit his skillset so well. he woulda put up huge numbers.
Instead he came to Columbus to play in a more traditional, Pro style offense. He was 31-4 and MVP of the Rose Bowl. However, he always seemed a lil frustrating to me. Maybe because the expectations were so high.
He was capable of making some absolutely jaw-dropping highlight reel type plays. And then turn around a make a real head scratcher. He’s young and very talented. Still inconsistant, maybe.
He might not throw absolute lazers like Vick, but he’s got enough arm, and is a similar athlete. He doesn’t run with as much power as Cam Newton, but I’d say he is very comparable with the no. 1 overall pick in the draft. And the Raiders got him for a 3rd rd pick.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Im not saying we looked great. I just didnt think it was as some is making it out to be.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Jerry,
Does Pryor count immediately against the cap??
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:12 pm
# Plunketthead Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Now that he is our jug eared knucklehead, I predict awful things for TP. He just has a lot of things to iron out, he will be a horrible QB especially handing off to DMAC & Bush half the time and unloading Als long bomb special the rest of the time.
WORST YEAR EVER!!!
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:13 pm
120.raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Im not saying we looked great. I just didnt think it was as some is making it out to be.
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I agree, reality was we looked like a bottom 5 team
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Mum-O-Killowe Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Who would you rather have, Pryor or Kapernick??
Leave a Reply
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I’ll take Luck for $500, Alex……
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Pryor is another never was
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:15 pm
was it last year we got completely smoked by the Saints in preseason?
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:16 pm
No according to the rules he was ineligible for the Collegiate season because he cooperated with the investigation against OSU and signed an agent. The fact that he was ruled ineligible the signed an agent made him eligible for the Supp. draft and had he not been allowed in I would have fully expected a lawsuit.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:17 pm
BeAlwaysUrselfCommittingtoExcellence2011 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:07 pm
106.DKnight007 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Raiders need to sign Wally or The Beave to play that WLB spot!!
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Kirk Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:09 pm
I’m still waiting for McClain to tackle a running back.
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he’s playing tentative,makin slow reads an takin bad angles
might be better at wlb with goethal playin MLB.
He still can call plays from the wlb spot
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:18 pm
# BeAlwaysUrselfCommittingtoExcellence2011 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:07 pm
106.DKnight007 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Raiders need to sign Wally or The Beave to play that WLB spot!!
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Correct
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Thec07 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:45 pm
So his wonderlic was lower than
NEWTON
LOCKER
MALLETT
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:19 pm
beat writers been raving about how Mcclain looks in practice, how come it doesn’t translate to the preseason?
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:22 pm
pryor =wildcat with mcfadden in the slot everyone spread wide touchdown
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Moore – DHB/Ford
Mcfadden – Reece – Pryor
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How do you defend that?
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Inonewordraider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:19 pm
beat writers been raving about how Mcclain looks in practice, how come it doesn’t translate to the preseason?
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maybe he’s thinkin to much an not goin on instinct. Also seems to be having a problem shedding blocks.
These things can all be corrected.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:24 pm
By week six we will be lucky to 2-3. At least we will have something to look forward to. Coach him up and turn him loose. What have we got to lose.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:24 pm
134.RedneckRaider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Moore – DHB/Ford
Mcfadden – Reece – Pryor
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How do you defend that?
LOL…call a time out!
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:24 pm
# lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
It isn’t so much how intelligent a QB is it is how fast can you think and make snap decisions.Black QB’S DON’T have good decision making skills it’s always run at the first sign of pressure making things worse.Look at all the BLK QB’S in the league and try and prove me wrong!Once again a very bad decision by the Raiders!!!!!
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:25 pm
# raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Jerry,
Does Pryor count immediately against the cops??
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:25 pm
good move al boller has to go he lost to the niners
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Pryor was suspended for undermining the integrity of the NFL draft.He could have declared for the regular draft,didn’t,then hired an agent to make himself ineligible for the college season.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:27 pm
# big oak boy Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:22 pm
pryor = fumbles with mcfadden in the slot everyone spread wide turnovers
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Wow… Pryor wins MVP in wins at rose bowl n sugar bowl…6′5″.. 240lbs.. 4.4..40… yet he’s a developmental project??… who woulda thunk it…
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Dvrick Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:24 pm
# lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
It isn’t so much how intelligent a QB is it is how fast can you think and make snap decisions.Black QB’S DON’T have good decision making skills it’s always run at the first sign of pressure making things worse.Look at all the BLK QB’S in the league and try and prove me wrong!Once again a very bad decision by the Raiders!!!!!
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mc nabb has been one of the better balck QB’s to come out. Also vick has been outstanding as of late. We as black players Cabot always rely on athleticism alone
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:29 pm
dvrick Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:24 pm
# lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
It isn’t so much how intelligent a QB is it is how fast can you think and make snap decisions.Black QB’S DON’T have good decision making skills it’s always run at the first sign of pressure making things worse.Look at all the BLK QB’S in the league and try and prove me wrong!Once again a very bad decision by the Raiders!!!!!
Warren Moon Donavon Mcnabb in his prime and Michael Vick have all been good decision makers on the field and JCampbell will prove to be a good decision make as well this year. There’s a smaller sample size of black qbs look at how many horrible decision making white qbs there are in the league? There are a lot of white child molesters and men that shoot up malls but that doesn’t make all white people child molesters or psychos
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Dvrick, take your racist garbage (Post #138) somewhere else.
Thank you.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
KoolKell Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:23 pm
The Raider QB school is unaccredited, though.
The Hue Jackson School of Knucklehead Development is tho.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
dvrick Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:27 pm
# big oak boy Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:22 pm
pryor = fumbles with mcfadden in the slot everyone spread wide turnovers
nice try forty fa@@ts fan
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
R8dercain-don’t respond to the clown,it only encourages it.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:31 pm
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Wow… Pryor wins MVP in wins at rose bowl n sugar bowl…6′5″.. 240lbs.. 4.4..40… yet he’s a developmental project??… who woulda thunk it…
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that’s what I’m thinking. Other than the fact the u don’t go to Ohio state to become an NFL QB
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:32 pm
132.inonewordraider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:19 pm
beat writers been raving about how Mcclain looks in practice, how come it doesn’t translate to the preseason?
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Becuz he is going against our pssy ass oline everyday….that may tell u something
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:32 pm
# Thec07 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:52 pm
cerebral
Has over 10% completion rate.
started more than 2 games in college
Has a rubber arm
Is athletic
LAZY…See JRUSS
Is Black….
Bad pickup for the NATION…
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Because it is exactly that-preseason.If anyone thinks the Defense or the Offense we are running is the same thing we will see in the regular season,they don’t know a damn thing.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Raider with an 8, you are absolutely correct; during the regular draft espn could drool enough over Belichek drafting Mallett; we heard it for days [weeks even] how smart a move that was.
Raiders draft Mr. Pryor and it’s a reach.
Let’s compare:
Patriots drafted Mallett with the 74th overall pick and they have some guy named Tom Brady, considered by his peers the best player in the NFL;
Raiders drafted Mr. Pryor with the 82nd overall pick [i.e., if we are in the same position next year] and we have Mr. Jason Campbell as our starting QB, a great man and a good qb, but no Brady or Peyton.
Raiders still have their 1st round selection in 2012.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:35 pm
115.Kirk Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:09 pm
I’m still waiting for McClain to tackle a running back.
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You are skeptical too? At least Rockstar and I are no longer alone on this.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:36 pm
couldn’t
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Mr veldheer please tell Pryor if he wants to work hard he can be great here so go hard or go home
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Because it is exactly that-preseason.If anyone thinks the Defense or the Offense we are running is the same thing we will see in the regular season,they don’t know a damn thing.
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I second that.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Pre-season or not, One TD in Two Weeks, Penalties, and 239 yds given up on the ground to the Niners is nothing to be encouraged about.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm
149.lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
R8dercain-don’t respond to the clown,it only encourages it.
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LMAO
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Brett, Chaz, & Louis are just as concerned as Trent & Kyle.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm
159.KoolKell Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Pre-season or not, One TD in Two Weeks, Penalties, and 239 yds given up on the ground to the Niners is nothing to be encouraged about.
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Sad I have to agree with you but this is spot on….all this tough guy talk has to show on the field. We still refuse to stop the run
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:39 pm
158.r8dercain Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Because it is exactly that-preseason.If anyone thinks the Defense or the Offense we are running is the same thing we will see in the regular season,they don’t know a damn thing.
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I second that.
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DLINE and OLINE still soft…..thats a problem
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:41 pm
159.KoolKell Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Pre-season or not, One TD in Two Weeks, Penalties, and 239 yds given up on the ground to the Niners is nothing to be encouraged about.
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I have to agree with KK on this.
When you have the same problems year in and year out (can’t stop the run, lots of penalties, QB protection issues) and you then do little to nothing to correct said issues in the offseason, and then those issues pop up in the preseason, it is certainly cause for concern.
I have only watched the first half of the 49ers game, but those problems certainly do not appear to have been cured.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Patriots looking pretty good in preseason and I don’t they’re showing all their cards. Our passing game is much improved gna be pretty explosive on O. Our D stopped the #1 rush O in the league twice last year so what’s the problem?
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:42 pm
OLINE and FRONT7 soft and mushy.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:43 pm
“Pryor’s pick is the first time Oakland has ever executed its supplemental pick”
Wow…The RAiders must have seen something they really liked.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:44 pm
167.raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:43 pm
“Pryor’s pick is the first time Oakland has ever executed its supplemental pick”
Wow…The RAiders must have seen something they really liked.
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a 4.38 may have something to do with it
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:44 pm
164.Dakota Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:41 pm
159.KoolKell Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Pre-season or not, One TD in Two Weeks, Penalties, and 239 yds given up on the ground to the Niners is nothing to be encouraged about.
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I have to agree with KK on this.
When you have the same problems year in and year out (can’t stop the run, lots of penalties, QB protection issues) and you then do little to nothing to correct said issues in the offseason, and then those issues pop up in the preseason, it is certainly cause for concern.
I have only watched the first half of the 49ers game, but those problems certainly do not appear to have been cured.
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And bloggers still making the gap discipline pssy ass excuse
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Pre-season or not, One TD in Two Weeks, Penalties, and 239 yds given up on the ground to the Niners is nothing to be encouraged about.
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Kell? Is this really you?
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Dont forget Randall Cunningham
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Raidertay Says:
Wow…The RAiders must have seen something they really liked.
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Yep. A blazing fast 40 time.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:46 pm
166.Twocents Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:42 pm
OLINE and FRONT7 soft and mushy.
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hot summer garbage
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:48 pm
I can’t wait for the first “Start Pryor at QB” chants to begin in here….I’d say they begin around week 8.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:49 pm
174.Dakota Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:48 pm
I can’t wait for the first “Start Pryor at QB” chants to begin in here….I’d say they begin around week 8.
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That guy cant play QB….they puttin him at WR and BHP gonna go nuts in here lol
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:49 pm
I think the 40 is what got him here but i dont want them to convert him to a WR imo that is just plain stupid just sit him and when he is ready let him play and cut boller he is useless. I think he will do well when madden 12 is out im going to run alot of wildcats with him haha thats what thwy should use him for.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Thec & ROG,
according to Jhill, the O-Line will be the MVP this season. Right?
He’s the film junkie – not you!
I’ll use the same lines you folks use on me. Don’t get all worked up about 2 preseason games
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:51 pm
Not everyone here is old enough to remember, but a generation ago, Pittsburgh used Kordell “Slash” Stewart as an awesome multi-purpose weapon his first couple of years in the league.
Pryor has a very similar skill set.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:52 pm
177.RaiderRockstar Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Thec & ROG,
according to Jhill, the O-Line will be the MVP this season. Right?
He’s the film junkie – not you!
I’ll use the same lines you folks use on me. Don’t get all worked up about 2 preseason games
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When did I use that line on you?
Film junkie’s film skills suck if he approves of our interior OL
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Dakota Says:
I can’t wait for the first “Start Pryor at QB” chants to begin in here….I’d say they begin around week 8.
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You really think it takes that long?
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:52 pm
i still say we stopped KC’s run game twice last year so it doesn’t make sense to me why we don’t do that every game
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:53 pm
“History is against Pryor succeeding. The Raiders have whiffed on the past eight quarterbacks they’ve drafted dating back to Steve Beuerlein in 1987. Previous early- to mid-round picks in that graveyard include Russell, Andrew Walter (2005), Marques Tuiasosopo (2001), Billy Joe Hobert (1993) and Todd Marinovich (1991).”
lol at anyone who thinks the Raiders can “develop” T. Pryor’s QB skillz. Never happens. We did make Curry a decent WR after he was a QB in college though…
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:54 pm
I can’t wait for the first “Start Pryor at QB” chants to begin in here….I’d say they begin around week 8.
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Dakota,
Jason Campbell only had 7 TD’s heading into Week 13 @ SD. If he starts that slow AGAIN, you bet your sack fans will be chanting for somebody else to play QB
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Did someone order the T. Pryor at OLB?
Yup, dude is gonna blanket Gates and plug a leaky hole at OLB. Groves to second and special teams.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Slash also what a “how you doin” who couldnt get it done
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:55 pm
RaiderRockstar Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:54 pm
I can’t wait for the first “Start Pryor at QB” chants to begin in here….I’d say they begin around week 8.
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Dakota,
Jason Campbell only had 7 TD’s heading into Week 13 @ SD. If he starts that slow AGAIN, you bet your sack fans will be chanting for somebody else to play QB
Campbell has looked way better than anyone we’ve had since Gannon although that’s not saying much
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:56 pm
183.RaiderRockstar Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:54 pm
I can’t wait for the first “Start Pryor at QB” chants to begin in here….I’d say they begin around week 8.
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Dakota,
Jason Campbell only had 7 TD’s heading into Week 13 @ SD. If he starts that slow AGAIN, you bet your sack fans will be chanting for somebody else to play QB
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Yeah thanks to playing grad those 4 starts it was lower than it would have been….still 2010 is 2010…..2011 is now
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:56 pm
was*….post 185
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:56 pm
KC fugging sux is why we stopped them
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:57 pm
BeAlwaysUrselfCommittingtoExcellence2011 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:56 pm
KC fugging sux is why we stopped them
their run game was legit last year and we stopped it
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Terrell pryor = tall josh cribbs/plaxico type hue bring back slash
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
# dvrick Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:24 pm
# lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
It isn’t so much how intelligent a QB is it is how fast can you think and make snap decisions.Black QB’S DON’T have good decision making skills it’s always run at the first sign of pressure making things worse.Look at all the BLK QB’S in the league and try and prove me wrong!Once again a very bad decision by the Raiders!!!!!
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What a piece of shidd. You never would say that to my face with out swallowing some teeth
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
As it stands now if Campbell goes down we are screwed.
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:59 pm
As are 31 other teams but the drop off isn’t much.
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# raidertay Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
As it stands now if Campbell goes down we are screwed.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:02 pm
I hate espn.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Pryor is intelligent, hardworking, hard nosed competitor, and a freakish athlete with hands. He would be the equivalent of at least Denarius Moore as a WR instantly. Wise use of a 3rd round pick..It may end up working out so well that we forgive Al for MM and DHB.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Trent Edwards is the next great Raiders QB out of Stanford.
T. Pryor is the next great OLB since Winston Moss.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:03 pm
181.inonewordraider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:52 pm
i still say we stopped KC’s run game twice last year so it doesn’t make sense to me why we don’t do that every game
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Well, they had 104 rushing yards on us in the 1st game against us and 114 rushing yards on us in the 2nd game.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Several factors make Pryor an intriguing choice for Raiders
By Len Pasquarelli
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com
Aug. 22, 2011
Even with their shoddy record for selecting players the past several years, principally a speed-based approach that has produced mostly crap-shoot results, the Oakland Raiders’ gamble in choosing former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor in the third round of Monday’s supplemental draft might have been one that was worth taking.
The choice of Pryor, in which the Raiders will forfeit their third-round choice in the 2012 draft, leaves Oakland for now with no selections in the second, third, or fourth rounds next year. But it at least provides the Raiders with the promise of securing the rights to a player who might help in the future.
Given the dubious results of the team’s recent drafts, that’s a rarity.
Pryor might never take a snap at quarterback for the Raiders, who, in the typical Al Davis obsessed-with-speed fashion, plan to first audition the former Buckeyes star as a wide receiver. But know this, too: Right now, Oakland, which exercised its first-ever supplemental pick Monday, doesn’t have a single veteran quarterback on the roster under contract beyond this season.
Starter Jason Campbell and backups Trent Edwards and Kyle Boller are all working on one-year deals.
And there is this: As noted by The Sports Xchange earlier Monday, citing the example of Buffalo Bills do-it-all veteran Brad Smith, more franchises are likely to seek versatile players who can fill multiple roles. And fewer teams probably will dress three quarterbacks in 2011. In the past two seasons, there have been only 13 occasions in which a team used all three quarterbacks in a game, and just seven in which three quarterbacks attempted a pass.
No matter where the Raiders stick Pryor in camp, the fact remains that he has played quarterback at a high level. At 6-feet-5, 232 pounds, and with a 40-yard time of 4.44 seconds — that was the clocking on a Raiders scouts’ watch, as opposed to the 4.41 widely reported (still pretty fast) — Pryor can be a fourth or fifth wide receiver, an H-back, perhaps even a flexed tight end in some situations.
He doesn’t necessarily have to specialize anymore to be at least borderline special for an Oakland team always fascinated by physical tools. With everything Pryor has been through the past two months, the likelihood is he’ll arrive in Oakland with a chip on his shoulder, a guy willing to work hard to prove the skeptics wrong. That figures to be an added benefit.
For the price — likely a signing bonus somewhere between $586,000 and $591,000 and a four-year contract with minimum salaries — the move to choose Pryor looks at first blush to be a solid one for the Oakland organization.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:03 pm
89052RAIDER Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Pryor is intelligent, hardworking, hard nosed competitor, and a freakish athlete with hands. He would be the equivalent of at least Denarius Moore as a WR instantly. Wise use of a 3rd round pick..It may end up working out so well that we forgive Al for MM and DHB.
ahh how can you still hate on DHB? guy made the best two catches he’s ever made on Sat. He’s only gna get better
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Given the dubious results of the team’s recent drafts, that’s a rarity.
our last two drafts have been excellent
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:05 pm
@Mistic
So what do you think of the Pryor pick and do you think he could be used as a WR in the short-run (Kordell Stuart type development,Props to Duck)?
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:05 pm
89052RAIDER Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Pryor is intelligent, hardworking, hard nosed competitor, and a freakish athlete with hands. He would be the equivalent of at least Denarius Moore as a WR instantly.
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Moore has been playing wr all of his life, pryor never has in his life.
Im afraid pryor will not have an impact this year at all. maybe he can compete as a back up qb next year
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Dakota Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:03 pm
181.inonewordraider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:52 pm
i still say we stopped KC’s run game twice last year so it doesn’t make sense to me why we don’t do that every game
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Well, they had 104 rushing yards on us in the 1st game against us and 114 rushing yards on us in the 2nd game.
as a team for what they were averaging a game something like 180yds per game if i remember correctly that’s very good
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:06 pm
#199. good read.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Inonewordraider,
I thought the samething. This guy says a lot of stupid stuff in the article, but everyone seems to agree that its a low risk/ High Reward situations
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Al Davis needs his wheelchair to carry around those cahones cause this was a very smart move:
3rd rounder for excellent potential at what could be various positions.
Great potential for developemental QB.
Pryor loves to work, compete, and WIN!!
Guaranteed, raiders will get 3rd round and other compensatory picks in 2012 draft.
Another savvy move by the old man
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:08 pm
Pasquarelli is right.
Pryor wearing #56 (or such), starting at OLB.
Word P., word.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:08 pm
You’ll never hear a positive spin on this on espn. They’re pulling out all their old rips on the Raiders right now.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Well, so much for the 2012 draft. Man, it seems like ever since Al traded that 2nd for MeAngelo we have been shipping picks out the door left and right. Al has always traded 4th and 5th rounds, but I can’t remember so many 2nd & 3rd rounds getting shipped out.
I guess we are already a young team, but I hate watching the picks go away for players who have later round talent, or for players past their primes.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:10 pm
# DutchRaider77 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:05 pm
@Mistic
So what do you think of the Pryor pick and do you think he could be used as a WR in the short-run (Kordell Stuart type development,Props to Duck)?
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Low risk throw away pick since they have extra coming next year. i dont think he can be a wr in the nfl. He doesnt have the wiggle or shiftiness, or the quickness in short space. He would be matt jones only faster.
He could be a solid back up qb one day possibly. I dont think he has the goods when it comes to decision making or accuracy, when it comes to being a starting caliber qb
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Pasquarelli isn’t with espn anymore?
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:10 pm
I like the Pryor pick. He has more upside than any QB taken in the 3rd for at least 5 years. No, he isn’t a polished, practiced, preened QB. No, he isn’t ready to start this season or possibly even next. But, given time and good coaching, he could be very special.
I am hacked off with the NFL pundits (Todd McShay, etc.) who can’t utter a sentence about the Raiders without including the word ‘reach’. I suggest they go and look down the list of this years 3rd round picks. How many of those guys are less of a ‘reach’ than Pryor? Answer = few, if any. And that includes Mallet.
Pryor is a project but he is a low risk, low cost, high reward project. And he is also a kid who keeps proving people wrong. For some reason, so many people have a downer on Pryor – I just think he might turn out to be very special.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:12 pm
if we win ppl will recognize the quality moves Al has made recently. stop the run=playoffs
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:13 pm
A good franchise would assign a value on a player and if the team did not have a pick in the round where the player should be slotted, then they would pass on the player instead of reaching for that player.
This move follows Al’s tendency to over pay or over value certain players. I am not surprised in the least.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:14 pm
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/22/terrelle-pryor-could-be-headed-to-receiver/
RAIDERS GONNA BE PLAYIN HIM AT WR!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Teabag Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:14 pm
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/22/terrelle-pryor-could-be-headed-to-receiver/
hope ol’ lightbulb head is right
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:17 pm
I say its a good pick.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Wildcat……Pryor, McFadden, Bush, Taiwan……toss to Jacoby, Denarius, DHB……..WOWWWWWWW
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Had the patriots done the same, they’d be singing their praises.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Mcclain needs to step up
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:20 pm
pryor = slash rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaiiiiiiddddddddeeeeeeerrrrrrssssssss
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm
220.raideredoutL.A. Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Had the patriots done the same, they’d be singing their praises.
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Right, because the Patriots have a stockpile of picks they could use, and they have stability at the HC position and recent history of developing good QBs…..they Raiders have none of those things.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm
RedneckRaider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Moore – DHB/Ford
Mcfadden – Reece – Pryor
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How do you defend that?
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Oh let’s see, Fumble, Interception, False start, Holding, Illegal formation, Offensive pass interference, Delay of Game(not know what to do), too many men on the field……
Or how bout reading the Offence, and good ol fundamental Defense?
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm
ESPN is just the worst
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Pryor =healthy Chaz Schilens
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm
McClain will be fine.He is probably one of the least of our worries.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Pryor wants to play here. Al loves a 4.36. Plus he can chuck it 60 yds. He will play, mark it!
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:23 pm
I’m still hungover from the whipping they got Sat… and it’s only preseason. I sense a waaay better showing vs. NO… or else????
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Tricky70390 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm
ESPN is just the worst
i love that they talk sh## it’ll make our playoff run this year so much sweeter
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Pryor = 21st century Vince Evans …you heard it here first!
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Inone, how do they like their Crow? Can’t wait to see em EAT it!
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:25 pm
I thought romac was good in the game. he was the only lb i saw forcing the ball carrier or making tackles.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:26 pm
lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:22 pm
McClain will be fine.He is probably one of the least of our worries.
if he’s a probowl player this year which is what his potential is our run d should be solved and yes one man can do it because we have the dline talent to do it and Mcclain is our qb on D
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:27 pm
All bspn talked about all weekend was terell Pryor And now that the raiders got him at the cheap price of a 3rd round choice. .they want to bag on the raiders. . I assure you… had Philadelphia or Dallas picked him…they would be singing his praises. .. a bunch if b.s…aholes. .
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:28 pm
WE NEED OLBs!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:28 pm
RoMac has the odds stacked against him with Chucky B calling the plays…
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:25 pm
I thought romac was good in the game. he was the only lb i saw forcing the ball carrier or making tackles.
in your opinion who looked better at mlb Mcclain or Goethel?
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Maybe Al can trade our 1st round pick in 2012 for Tim Teblow too? Turn him into a TE or FB….and Teblow can bring the lord into T. Pryor’s life.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:29 pm
236.DeuceDeuce Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:28 pm
WE NEED OLBs!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Teblow can play OLB….go get him Al!
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm
i wounder what number wil he get
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Dont we have a probowl linebacker on the roster? start Condo at OLB!!!! wohoo!
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm
I would take Tebow over Jason Campbell any day.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Kirk Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm
I would take Tebow over Jason Campbell any day.
You’re joking right?
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Chucky B is not keeping McClain from making tackles.
McClain s*cks.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Screw bspn had other teams sign him he is the best thing walking now that oakland got him he wont be as good as predicted typical bs. He will be fine i bet if he would have entered into the nfl draft next year there woild be alot of praises. Had philly signed him “they did it again..another good pick up”
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:32 pm
I’m not joking.
I don’t care for Campbell.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:33 pm
243.Kirk Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm
I would take Tebow over Jason Campbell any day.
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Really? For what, a photo shoot?
Certainly you are not talking about QB play. They said prior to the Broncos’ last game, during warmups, Teblow couldn’t complete 50% of his outside throws….again, during warmups….against no defense….I am not fan of Campbell, but he is ten times the QB that Teblow is.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:33 pm
With issues still glaring Al Davis in the mug, one has to wonder if the Raiders pre season had gotten off to a good start, would he have gotten Pryor? Hard to imagine TP as anything else but a QB since the Raiders are knee deep in WRs’.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:33 pm
They really don’t call a lot of plays in practice games.Its usually just line up and play simple schemes.In this last game,that is exactly what we did.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:34 pm
that’s Terrell Pryor
i wounder what number wil he get
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:34 pm
T. Pryor @ OLB =100 tackles, unassisted.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:35 pm
I think if Pryor gets the book down,he makes his first start in week 8 or 9!
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:35 pm
I’ll take Pryor as my MUP.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Number 2 is cursed and he should not be number 2
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Trevor Scott is suited up for practice.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Brien, didn’t that number get stricken from the team?
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Boller should be cut he is useless but his wife is hot
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Edwards is already our 2nd QB
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:39 pm
How is a 3rd rounder such a high pick. LOL
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Pryor’s agent assumes he will be playing QB. It’s on right now.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:40 pm
raideredoutL.A. Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Edwards is already our 2nd QB
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Did you see that awesome ball he threw before half time?..
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Pryor’s agent says five years from now he will be the best qb in Nfl
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:40 pm
For once I want to believe Drew Rosenhaus.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:40 pm
ford might take 21 now that nnamdi is gone and pryor wears 12
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:41 pm
251.big oak boy Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:34 pm
that’s Terrell Pryor
i wounder what number wil he get
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#2 baby….I hear there is a degenerate purple drank addict who has a nice necklace for sale:
http://d0inw0rk.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/jamarcus-russell-bling.jpg
Maybe a Ohio State booster can buy the necklace for Pryor as a parting gift for all the greatness he brought to The Ohio State?
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Campbell and Edwards are both injury prone.Getting rid of Boller wouldn’t be a very good idea at this time.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Sure did. Boller looked worse.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:42 pm
If Boller gets cut, his hot wife isn’t going to be his wife for long. You think that bimbo married him because she likes him as a person, or, funnier yet, because of his religious values?
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:43 pm
I wouldn’t take tebow over Campbell. … but with that said. .. I don’t think Campbell’s the answer. .. very unsure of himself… I have no confidence in him…mainly because he doesn’t seem to have confidence in himself….
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Whos next TATUPU…MORRISON???
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Boller will be playing for his job next game. Frye is on alert.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm
DD-was that int he threw any worse than the pass JC refused to throw to his TE in the end zone who was wide open?No points due to either pass.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Campbell gets the ol hook week 4, enter Edwards gunslinging it to the tune of 300+ yds and 4 ints. its gonna be fun, not just very productive.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:45 pm
goethel looks like a back up. I wonder if he can play olb. Romac is easily ahead of goethel
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:46 pm
237.Macho Man Randy Savage Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:28 pm
RoMac has the odds stacked against him with Chucky B calling the plays…
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Was screaming for a true NT….
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Obviously.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:46 pm
VittorioTafur Vittorio Tafur
Football! Jacoby Ford back on #Raiders practice field catching passes. Darren McFadden too
1 minute ago
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:46 pm
boller is gone he let hue down and lost to the whiners boller u are the weakest link but the wife stays
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:47 pm
John Henderson is cool however, he is injury prone, will not hold up a ful season…
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Inonewordraider Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:25 pm
I thought romac was good in the game. he was the only lb i saw forcing the ball carrier or making tackles.
in your opinion who looked better at mlb Mcclain or Goethel?
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McClain look like a good young NFL MLB, Goethel looked like a guy trying out for a spot on the team.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:49 pm
VittorioTafur Vittorio Tafur
Football! Jacoby Ford back on #Raiders practice field catching passes. Darren McFadden too
1 minute ago
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Cool, good to see the Real starz coming back…
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:49 pm
bcz24 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:46 pm
VittorioTafur Vittorio Tafur
Football! Jacoby Ford back on #Raiders practice field catching passes. Darren McFadden too
1 minute ago
thanks for update is ford wearing21
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Taiwan Jones should be back as well…
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Charlie Casserly’s pre-draft assessment on McClain still haunts me (paraphrasing)….
….doesn’t shed blockers….
….not very fast side to side…
…doesn’t make many big plays for being so hyped…
So far Charlie is dead on. I hope he is wrong. So far he isn’t….
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Boller’s stock already plummeted with the Mrs. when he landed on the Raiders. She’s embarrassed enough by him being a perennial 3rd stringer. But on a bad team, to boot? No doubt she’s faced some ridicule with her SD diva housewife circle over that. Most of them are probably banging Chargers’ starters.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:54 pm
I think RoMac is pretty good in the open field, and, if he get’s his hands on you, you’re going down.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:55 pm
RaideredoutL.A. Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:40 pm
For once I want to believe Drew Rosenhaus.
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That’s a BAD idea!
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Most of them are probably banging Chargers’ starters.
the chargers bang other chargers (players)
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:57 pm
283.big oak boy Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:49 pm
thanks for update is ford wearing21
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As a WR, I don’t think Ford could wear #21 unless all the numbers in the 80s and all of the numbers between 10-19 have been taken.
Plus, I believe, there are time limits where if a player chooses to change their number they have to pay the NFL for all of the merchandise that has been run with their original number unless they get the request in on time. Not sure if that limit is up this year already or not.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:57 pm
KK-since it appears DHB is coming around,they have to find a highly drafted/starting player to complain about.
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Pryor priority = Raider future QB, per Hue Jackson/Al Davis
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:58 pm
Sullivan44 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Boller’s stock already plummeted with the Mrs. when he landed on the Raiders. She’s embarrassed enough by him being a perennial 3rd stringer. But on a bad team, to boot? No doubt she’s faced some ridicule with her SD diva housewife circle over that. Most of them are probably banging Chargers’ starters.
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By now, the Bollers should be used to getting run out of town!
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:01 pm
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d821a6794/article/pryor-must-focus-on-fundamentals-work-ethic-to-be-an-nfl-qb
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Interesting read here.
Pryors’ success will be simple; don’t give him 66 million to start off his NFL career.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Muammar al-Qaddafi’s regime is “coming to an end”, Al Davis you are next!
J/K….but oh how I wish.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:02 pm
raideredoutL.A. Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Boller will be playing for his job next game. Frye is on alert.
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I can’t believe that ol’ Charlie is still on the team. I guess they had to have a few arms to throw balls during training camp.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Cohn is giving Pryor good press on Al’s decision to land him. SportsCenter
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Sure. Russell would have been a fine QB if he’d just taken the contract Al was offering him.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Sullivan44…you’re really off the wall ragging on Boller’s wife. You know absolutely nothing about their relationship, and the fact that she may be a beautiful woman doesn’t mean she’s a bimbo, or that she embarrassed by him or she facing ridicule. You’re talking like a fool with his head-up-his-azz. If you’re a true Raiders, then leave family members of players out of your comments. Show some class.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Toe Jam, they said $2.6 mil for 6 years is being bandied about. fwiw
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:05 pm
O-bama just wrapped up another middle east dictatorship. First bin Laden dead, now Ghadafi on therun. Thank you, commander.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:05 pm
I very much dislike Drew Rosenhaus – but, in this case, I am rooting for his young client like nobody’s business!
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:06 pm
O-bama administration’s foreign policy: Bush’s policy, but with results.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:06 pm
298.Sullivan44 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Sure. Russell would have been a fine QB if he’d just taken the contract Al was offering him.
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You know what I meant by that and you know it. Quit tryin to start something.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:07 pm
300.860Todd Christensen Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Toe Jam, they said $2.6 mil for 6 years is being bandied about. fwiw
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Awesome.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Hagar, it’s just that some of us have lived enough to know what women like Prejean are really like, underneath their congeniality and phoniness. You clearly haven’t. But I’ll bet you enjoy googling photos of her and getting your keyboard all sticky.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:09 pm
If he comes in and is a Vick, that will change. The guarentee is $591.000.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Wow. Now I get it! If Russell weren’t paid as much, he’d be a pro bowler by now! Yeah, that’s it.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Sullivan44 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Sure. Russell would have been a fine QB if he’d just taken the contract Al was offering him.
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No, Russell would have been a good QB if he was not a drug addict, and had an ounc if work ethic!
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Russell had the nerve to hold out on us the lazy mofo didnt want to go to tranning camp
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Sullivan by any other name is still an idiot.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Hainesworth, no dicipline from NFL, just in!
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Don’t sign Pryor for less than 5 years! It’s might take some time, and we want to reap the rewards, not the Eagles!
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:15 pm
It’s amazing Russell couldn’t succeed on a team like the Raiders. When you think Raiders, you think organization, efficiency, a good work environment. Just as Rich Gannon said, there’s never chaos with the Raiders. Amazing Russell couldn’t succeed in that environment…
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:15 pm
wussle ould o been a goood qb if all that money didnt go to his hed. now drop it, hes is history. that was a sory chapter in oakland raider lore that is now behind us. i wish him the bust, i mean best, wherever he is.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:17 pm
317.Sullivan44 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:15 pm
It’s amazing Russell couldn’t succeed on a team like the Raiders. When you think Raiders, you think organization, efficiency, a good work environment. Just as Rich Gannon said, there’s never chaos with the Raiders. Amazing Russell couldn’t succeed in that environment…
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weally?
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:17 pm
The Raiders are one of the league’s perennial winners of the past decade. The Raiders have the best offensive line, and the most consistency in their coaching staffs. Rarely a turnover. Russell could not have been thrown into a better environment. So, yeah, he has no excuse. lol
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Tebow roast on SportsCenter right now. Too Funny!
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:20 pm
once upon a time, long ago and far away, this morning in fact, many posters here were lamenting this entire upcoming season as a bust because of a $h!tty performance on the past Sat night.
this afternoon the timbre is as if the sky has stopped falling because an unknown quantity of a draftee under suspension has been added to the mix.
man, sometimes in here is like a composition between some teenagers.
Hue Jack City is moving on, ladies and gentlemen, to the next day/phase.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Hagar The Horrible Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Sullivan44…you’re really off the wall ragging on Boller’s wife. You know absolutely nothing about their relationship, and the fact that she may be a beautiful woman doesn’t mean she’s a bimbo, or that she embarrassed by him or she facing ridicule. You’re talking like a fool with his head-up-his-azz. If you’re a true Raiders, then leave family members of players out of your comments. Show some class.
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Jeff Garcia’s wife is much hotter
http://mike100915.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/camella.jpg
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:21 pm
i wouldnt worry too much about not having many picks in next years draft ,al davis has some experience picking up free agents (some good some not so good )but i would say over the last 50 years no team has picked up more free agents than the raiders that worked out good.also with few draft picks there will be more cap room .also most rookies take a few years to help ,but free agents can step in right away usually .our team is real young right now ,in 2012 add some veteran free agents with our up an coming youth …its all in the game plan just watch youll see
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:23 pm
new post
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Thanks Jerry. I now feel a little better about this pick. Another plus for Pryor – he had 10 more college starts than fatboy. Starts in college is the only statistic that (weakly) correlates to success for QB’s in the NFL
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:55 pm
PA-RAIDER Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Wildcat……Pryor, McFadden, Bush, Taiwan……toss to Jacoby, Denarius, DHB……..WOWWWWWWW
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Sounds like the original Notre Dame 4 horsemen backfield. There’s more speed there than in WA state. Who’s got the ball? We got more than enough to hold a track meet.
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:42 am
# RaiderDuck Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Dvrick, take your racist garbage (Post #138) somewhere else.
Thank you.
*********** I wasn’t the one that made the origional post stupid.Vince Young,Vick,McNabb,TJAC,McNair,J.Russell,and the list goes on,Known for what?As soon as they feel pressure they start running around instead of stepping up in the pocket.That is poor decision making that is panic!!
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:45 am
# lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
R8dercain-You can respond to dvrick,because he is always right.
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:46 am
# Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
# lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
It isn’t so much how intelligent a QB is it is how fast can you think and make snap decisions.Black QB’S DON’T have good decision making skills it’s always run at the first sign of pressure making things worse.Look at all the BLK QB’S in the league and try and prove me wrong!Once again a very bad decision by the Raiders!!!!!
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What a piece of shidd. You never would say that to my face with out swallowing some teeth
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:49 am
# BeAlwaysUrselfCommittingtoExcellence2011 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm
149.lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:30 pm
R8dercain-don’t respond to the clown,it only encourages it.
************************I actually agree with him!!!!
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:52 am
# Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:45 pm
gollam looks like a back up. I wonder if he can play olb. Romo is easily ahead of gollam.Wish we had P.Rivers and Tolbert and Norv we’d be on our way.
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:53 am
# Sullivan44 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:06 pm
O-bama administration’s foreign policy: Bush’s policy, but without results.
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:54 am
# Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
# dvrick Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:24 pm
# lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
It isn’t so much how intelligent a QB is it is how fast can you think and make snap decisions.Black QB’S DON’T have good decision making skills it’s always run at the first sign of pressure making things worse.Look at all the BLK QB’S in the league and try and prove me wrong!Once again a very bad decision by the Raiders!!!!!
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What a piece of shidd. You never would say that to my face with out swallowing some teeth
*** Well FACTS ARE FACTS YOU CRIMINAL THUG!!!
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:55 am
# dvrick Says:
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:54 am
# Mistic1 Tha STupidvillain Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:58 pm
# lefty12 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm
It isn’t so much how intelligent a QB is it is how fast can you think and make snap decisions.Black QB’S DON’T have good decision making skills it’s always run at the first sign of pressure making things worse.Look at all the BLK QB’S in the league and try and prove me wrong!Once again a very bad decision by the Raiders!!!!!
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What a piece of shidd. You never would say that to my face with out swallowing some teeth
*** Well FACTS ARE FACTS YOU CRIMINAL THUG!!!
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:57 am
# Mistic1 Tha Supavillain Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:25 pm
I thought romo was good in the game. he was the only qb i saw forcing the ball carrier or making tackles.
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:58 am
# Sullivan44 Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Boller’s stock already plummeted with the Mrs. when he landed on the Raiders. She’s embarrassed enough by him being a perennial 3rd stringer. But on a bad team, to boot? No doubt she’s faced some ridicule with her SD diva housewife circle over that. Most of them are probably banging Chargers’ starters.GO CHARGERS SUPER BOWL BOUND!!!!!
August 23rd, 2011 at 9:59 am
# big oak boy Says:
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:34 pm
that’s Terrell Pryor
i wounder what number wil he get probably zero because that’s what he’ll be.
August 23rd, 2011 at 6:05 pm
I heard this guy interviewed on the radio and I can tell you another thing he has in common with Russell, he sounds dumb, and there’s nothing laughable about that….but thankfully he doesn’t mention god in every other sentence
August 26th, 2011 at 9:52 am
[...] anyone who has paid attention at all knows Vick has a cannon. We’ve even seen where idiots like Dick Vitale suggest there’s some comparison between JaMarcus Russell (pure pocket passer…. The only thing those two have in common is they were tall and black. If Russell had Pryor’s [...]
September 1st, 2011 at 9:01 am
[...] According to well respected beat writer for the Oakland Tribune, Jerry McDonald, the comparisons of Pryor and Russell are “laughable.” Other than the fact that “they’re both pretty big for quarterbacks” and [...]
January 1st, 2012 at 1:14 pm
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January 3rd, 2012 at 6:37 pm
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January 10th, 2012 at 2:26 am
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January 10th, 2012 at 11:12 am
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January 12th, 2012 at 4:48 am
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January 15th, 2012 at 6:51 am
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January 15th, 2012 at 7:14 am
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