The Oakland Raiders enter the bye week with a 2-4 record. With rock-bottom expectations coming into the season, the Raiders have been a mild surprise. They have a young, exciting starting quarterback in Terrelle Pryor, and that alone has made a huge difference.
Oakland's defense has also been better than expected considering rookie cornerback D.J. Hayden and rookie linebacker Sio Moore have struggled. The defense has been playing without strong safety Tyvon Branch for several weeks, one of the two starters that remain from 2012's defensive unit.
The biggest problem for the Raiders continues to be the offensive line. With better blocking, the Raiders might be 3-3 or ...
Of all the mistakes and gaffes that Terrelle Pryor made in the Oakland Raiders’ Week 6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, the quarterback’s inability to get the offense in and out of the huddle in a timely manner has to be the most troubling.It’s been a major stumbling block for Pryor ever since he entered the NFL as a supplemental draft pick in 2011. It’s also one of the primary reasons the current coach staff wasn’t sure if he’d ever develop into a starter.Pryor overcame a lot of his other problems to beat out Matt Flynn and two others for ...
The narrative for the Oakland A's under GM Billy Beane has been simple.
The A's front office builds a contender using young and inexpensive stars. Then tears it all down when those youngsters become too costly, and repeats the process all over again. Looking out onto the horizon, however, the story appears to be changing in Oakland.
With a few exceptions, the club's young core of hitters is under team control not just for 2014, but 2015 as well.
So, what will the A's lineup look like on Opening Day 2015?
Familiar faces will occupy nearly every spot. As back-to-back ALDS exits demonstrate, however, the ...
The city of Oakland's marquee professional teams—the Oakland Raiders, Oakland Athletics and Golden State Warriors—have been in limbo as surrounding areas eye relocation. But the city is putting together a plan to nail their futures down long term.
A report from Contra Costa Times outlines how a group of Raiders fans were expected to attend an Oakland City Council meeting on Tuesday evening in order to express support for the Coliseum City project, a movement which would not only revolutionize the city, but add a new stadium.
At Tuesday's meeting, board members approved a 12-month extension to continue negotiations over the groundbreaking ...
A troubling performance in a 24-7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs brought the Terrelle Pryor Express to a screeching halt in Week 6.
It also exposed a few other key problems the Oakland Raiders have heading into their bye week.
A banged-up offensive line is clearly at the heart of many of the Raiders problems, but there are also issues with the running game as well as with kicker Sebastian Janikowski.
Coach Dennis Allen also left open the possibility that Oakland might add a third quarterback to its roster at some point, though it doesn’t appear to be tied to Pryor’s performance ...
Now through six weeks of the regular season, the Oakland Raiders have shown to be a relatively competitive team, despite what is a disappointing 2-4 record.
Although injuries can never be used as an excuse in the NFL, had the Raiders not experienced the number of injuries they have at key positions, or had the necessary quality of depth to step in at which, their record could be very different at this point.
Teams adding players that will contribute this far into the season, either by way of trade or free agency signings, are fairly rare.
At the same time, given the significant ...
The Oakland Raiders have a believer at quarterback. Despite Sunday afternoon's 24-7 loss to Kansas City, quarterback Terrelle Pryor still believes Oakland will make the playoffs.
Behind an injury plagued offensive line, Pryor was sacked 10 times and threw three interceptions as Oakland dropped to 2-4, looking the part of a potential playoff contender in another couple years.
After the game, Pryor made it clear that Oakland hasn't given up on chasing Kansas City and Denver for divisional superiority.
Oakland has a long ways to go as both the Chiefs and the Broncos stand as the NFL's two remaining undefeated teams at 6-0. ...
If there's anyone who can eventually lead the Oakland A's to a World Series, it's current manager Bob Melvin.
First and foremost, he's done an outstanding job as it is with this current group. Melvin took the helm two months into the 2011 season with the A's already nine games below .500. In the midst of turmoil and a managerial change, Melvin led the team to a 47-52 record under his tutelage.
From 2011 to 2012, Melvin increased the team's winning percentage from .475 to .580. That quick turnaround led to a "surprise" AL West championship and a 94-68 record. His leadership ...
The Oakland Raiders saw their six-game winning streak at Arrowhead Stadium come to an abrupt and dismaying end against the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs in Week 6, though many of the problems were self-inflicted.
What will make this one even tougher for the Raiders to swallow is that it was a seven-point game with just over four minutes to play. A pair of Terrelle Pryor interceptions later and the rout was on.
It wasn’t all bad.
Oakland’s defense held the Chiefs down for most of the afternoon and is showing signs of becoming a very effective unit. Kansas City had a tough time ...
Terrelle Pryor had played so well and seemingly made so much progress that it was hard to forget the Oakland Raiders’ young quarterback had only a half-dozen starts to his credit heading into Week 6. That inexperience bubbled over with disastrous results in a lopsided 24-7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
On a day when Oakland’s defense put together another fine outing, Pryor and the offense fell flat on their collective face.
It wasn’t a complete meltdown like some Raiders quarterbacks have suffered through over the past decade. It certainly wasn’t anything close to Matt Flynn’s disastrous performance a few weeks ago.
What it ...