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Did anyone catch the end of the Oakland Raiders-San Diego Chargers game Sunday night? You cannot be blamed if you didn’t, considering it was the latest West Coast game in NFL history. A scheduling conflict with the Oakland Athletics ended up pushing the Raiders game back to 11:35 EDT, as the groundskeepers needed more time to shift the Coliseum from A’s territory to a Raiders Nation pit. Here is video of the full transformation, which was spotted by Kyle Wagner of Deadspin. As the last remaining MLB/NFL flex stadium in the nation, it’s pretty cool to see the shift in one time-lapse shot. As ...
Quarterback Terrelle Pryor gave the offense a much-needed boost in his return to the lineup, and Charles Woodson and the Oakland Raiders defense played opportunistic most of the night on the way to a 27-17 win over the San Diego Chargers on Sunday night. Sebastian Janikowski bounced back from a disappointing start to the season by kicking a pair of field goals off the infield dirt at the Coliseum, while rookie cornerback D.J. Hayden made a game-clinching interception in the end zone to ice the win. In all, Oakland forced four turnovers and added a blocked field goal on special teams to pull ...
Quarterback Terrelle Pryor gave the offense a much-needed boost in his return to the lineup, and Charles Woodson and the Oakland Raiders defense played opportunistic most of the night on the way to a 27-17 win over the San Diego Chargers on Sunday night. Sebastian Janikowski bounced back from a disappointing start to the season by kicking a pair of field goals off the infield dirt at the Coliseum, while rookie cornerback D.J. Hayden made a game-clinching interception in the end zone to ice the win. In all, Oakland forced four turnovers and added a blocked field goal on special teams to pull ...
A front office working with a shoestring salary cap brought in a group of ragtag veteran castoffs hoping to compete in the AFC West, and that's just what the Oakland Raiders have done through five weeks. In fact, the 2-3 Raiders are about a play and an injury to quarterback Terrelle Pryor away from 4-1.  On Sunday night, the Raiders mostly dominated the San Diego Chargers in a 27-17 win and had a respectable showing on a national stage. For a team looking to rebound from a bad loss at home last week, that alone could be considered a huge development. ...
A front office working with a shoestring salary cap brought in a group of ragtag veteran castoffs hoping to compete in the AFC West, and that's just what the Oakland Raiders have done through five weeks. In fact, the 2-3 Raiders are about a play and an injury to quarterback Terrelle Pryor away from 4-1.  On Sunday night, the Raiders mostly dominated the San Diego Chargers in a 27-17 win and had a respectable showing on a national stage. For a team looking to rebound from a bad loss at home last week, that alone could be considered a huge development. ...
Oakland Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor had what can only be described as a breakout game against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday Night Football in what should firmly plant him on every fantasy owner's radar. Pryor started off hot, completing all of his first eight attempts while throwing a career-high two touchdowns in that span as ESPN points out: After not throwing an incompletion until his 11th attempt, Pryor finished the day with 221 yards and two touchdowns on 18-of-23 passing. He also added 31 yards on the ground in his typical dual-threat fashion. Coming into his breakout game against San Diego, Pryor ...
Oakland Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor had what can only be described as a breakout game against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday Night Football in what should firmly plant him on every fantasy owner's radar. Pryor started off hot, completing all of his first eight attempts while throwing a career-high two touchdowns in that span as ESPN points out: After not throwing an incompletion until his 11th attempt, Pryor finished the day with 221 yards and two touchdowns on 18-of-23 passing. He also added 31 yards on the ground in his typical dual-threat fashion. Coming into his breakout game against San Diego, Pryor ...
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Denarius Moore firmly placed himself in the No. 2 fantasy receiver category on Sunday Night Football, as he repeatedly torched the San Diego Chargers for big yardage. As nothing more than a boom-or-bust prospect in the fake football realm, Moore has mostly been worthy of avoiding to this point because of his quarterback play, not because he lacked anything in the talent department. Against San Diego, quarterback Terrelle Pryor had a breakout party of his own, throwing for a career-high two touchdowns and 221 yards. This translated to major production for Moore, who brought in five receptions for 84 yards ...
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Denarius Moore firmly placed himself in the No. 2 fantasy receiver category on Sunday Night Football, as he repeatedly torched the San Diego Chargers for big yardage. As nothing more than a boom-or-bust prospect in the fake football realm, Moore has mostly been worthy of avoiding to this point because of his quarterback play, not because he lacked anything in the talent department. Against San Diego, quarterback Terrelle Pryor had a breakout party of his own, throwing for a career-high two touchdowns and 221 yards. This translated to major production for Moore, who brought in five receptions for 84 yards ...
During the course of the 2013 NFL regular season, the Oakland Raiders have been given something unfamiliar: hope. Despite dropping to 1-3 after four weeks, the Raiders have received encouraging play at quarterback. As the source of Oakland's reason for confidence, quarterback Terrelle Pryor deserves to be named the Raiders' long-term starter. When a second-year quarterback is impressing everyone who watches him play, it seems rather self-explanatory that he deserves the starting job. Unfortunately for Pryor, we're talking about a Raiders organization that has been reasonably skeptical since the JaMarcus Russell debacle. That means the Raiders are still looking for answers in spite ...