BurnleyJet Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000211517/article/oakland-raiders-quarterbacks-ripped-by-reporters We try not to overreact to offseason practice evaluations. After all, as Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said, it's just "football in shorts." But sometimes we see practice reports that we just can't ignore. Tuesday in Oakland was one of those days. The Raiders quarterbacks are not capable of performing basic tasks at this stage, according to various reporters present for the Raiders' first day of minicamp. From Steve Corkran of the Oakland Tribune: "In 19 years covering the NFL, today's showing by Matt Flynn, Tyler Wilson, Terrelle Pryor and Matt McGloin rates as one of the worst in memory." An Associated Press reporter started an article with what he saw out of the Raiders' passing game: "Batted balls. Wounded ducks. Interceptions. Passes into the turf." From the San Francisco Chronicle: "It was the opening of duck season, er, the Raiders three-day minicamp, on Tuesday as the team's top three quarterbacks picked up where they left off in the team's organized workouts the last month." And ... "On two straight throws, starter Matt Flynn lobbed two wounded ducks downfield -- and they were the plays of the day," Vic Tafur wrote. It appeared the quarterbacks struggled equally, although the practice reports about Pryor were particularly negative. He had four passes batted down on Tuesday alone. Flynn said all the batted balls were "nerve-wracking." The Raiders are professing patience publicly because they have to. "I don't allow that to frustrate me," coach Dennis Allen said. "I understand where we're at in the season." It sounds like what we heard from the Raiders' offseason practices one year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeKlecko Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Karma, baby. Payback for Al Davis, and all those cheap, dirty hits Raiders players made over the years and WRs cheating using stickum. Eff 'em. I hope they NEVER win another game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I read it ... am happy about it ... and absolutely our QB's are still struggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro55 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Not sure how this is a huge surprise, last year Flynn lost out to a 3rd round pick most people never knew about. Looking at it now it was the right choice, but last year, it was more like Flynn had his one great meaningless game and that was that. This is why I laughed when Jets fans wanted Flynn to come here. The guy hasn't proved he can be a legit QB. Maybe by the start of the season he'll be better, but probably not. And the rest of that list, how is that surprising? Nobody is surprised when they see Sanchez struggle. Not sure why it would be a surprise to see the Raiders bad QBs struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay_gee Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 see, it could be worse. you could have FOUR of Mark Sanchez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodeawhodat Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 practicing for bridgewater/clowney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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