Pryor Has Monster Game as Raiders Fall Short Against Colts

Welcome to the newly reformatted full recap for the 2013 NFL season. Almost had the upset against the Colts, but Andrew Luck's 19 yard TD run and Pryor's game losing interception pretty much sealed it for us.

So let's start off with the positives, Terrelle Pryor, aside from his 2 interceptions and mistakes to put us in for the game winner, he did pretty good against this Colts defense. 217 yards in the pass and 112 yards in the run I mean he tired the shit out of the defense, the Colts didn't have too many answers to put out against TP. But yeah this is a huge confidence booster for Pryor, needs to work on game management a little, but he proved that he's an NFL-ready QB, especially playing on the road and this time against first team defenses, so props on Pryor for adjusting his game to the regular season standards. Rod Streater another positive, never took his eyes off Pryor, had 70 yards on 5 receptions and making big plays when it mattered.

Some people on the limbo, Darren McFadden and Denarius Moore. Run DMC only had 48 yards on 17 carries and 1 TD, if only he could've dragged that other foot, would've been a difference maker from TP's bomb, but he needs to get it going on the ground, at least crack one big run. Denarius Moore had a couple of drops but he made a TD and one big 4th down play when it mattered the most, so he gets a pass. The defense, they were already a negative on my part, but they get a pass, credit all goes to Jason Tarver for making the necessary adjustments in order to disrupt Andrew Luck and the Colts offense after a pathetic showing in the first half.

Negatives, it's no secret that our o-line is seriously banged up and thank goodness Pryor started to negate some of the o-line mistakes. They were struggling to create a lot of holes, that's why McFadden couldn't crack the 100 yard mark in the rushing attack. I am especially tired of seeing Mr. False Start #69, Khalif Barnes, every time there's a penalty called, 95% of the time it's gonna be called on him, makes me cringe all the time. Another negative, although not too much, Marquette King, I question his consistency as a holder and it showed today and I'm hoping he keeps improving that because King is a really talented Punter if only he could make his holds a little more consistent because we know Sebass and his cannon leg, he is capable of making long field goals look easy.

Overall, good effort, I'm not mad at all and hopefully this game serves as a learning experience. I'm expecting Pryor to be more comfortable in the pocket as the season rolls on and hopefully McFadden gets it going regardless of whoever's starting in the O-line. Morale victory this game, but at the end of the day a "W" is how a team is measured and we have that opportunity next week at home against Jacksonville.