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2014 NFL Season – Week 2 Power Rankings
The Super Bowl champions have lost, which means that despite not having the smoothest of victories, the Denver Broncos look like the team to beat at the moment, followed by a very solid Cincinnati Bengals who lost their best wide receiver. At the bottom of the tower stand the pathetic Oakland Raiders, getting a strong competition from the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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NFL Rumors – Oakland Raiders Might Start Derek Carr at Quarterback
When the Oakland Raiders signed Matt Schaub they thought they’ve found themselves a starting quarterback, at least for the short term. However, his weak performances in preseason added to some very good ones from Derek Carr might mean that the rookie out of Fresno State will be getting the starting role eventually.
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Packers Over Raiders – The Difference in Quarterback Quality
The Oakland Raiders seem to be in internal limbo when it comes to their quarterback position. The Green Bay Packers, winning their preseason encounter 31-21, are in the opposite situation with Aaron Rodgers, who wasn’t at his most accurate but didn’t cause any doubts as to why his team has one less position to worry about when he’s on the field.
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Raiders Over Lions – Result is the Least Important Thing
Despite losing 27-26 to the Oakland Raiders, the Detroit Lions are probably quite pleased with what they saw early on from their starters and especially Matthew Stafford, throwing two touchdown passes before the hosts got on a roll which they rode until their narrow win.
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Vikings Over Raiders – Debuts Don’t go so Smoothly
Fans of the Minnesota Vikings wanted to see Teddy Bridgewater make his debut in any kind of NFL game but weren’t left impressed with the rookie; a bit more with the 10-6 win over the Oakland Raiders, who have made their own changes to the quarterback position, although they didn’t get much from another newcomer, Matt Schaub.
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NFL Rumors – Oakland Raiders Might Move to San Antonio
It’s not exactly a secret that the owner of the Oakland Raiders, Mark Davis, has been considering moving the team to another city for quite some time. While the option of Los Angeles always remains in the air, maybe moving to San Antonio, a city with only one professional team, is the more likely scenario.
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NFL Rumors – Seattle Seahawks Not Going to Help Terrelle Pryor
The Seattle Seahawks wanted a better backup quarterback, so they traded a seventh-round draft pick they probably won’t regret losing for Terrelle Pryor of the Oakland Raiders, which for them means a decent insurance policy in case Russell Wilson is injured, but for him is nothing more than another team that’s going to sit him an entire season on the bench.
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NFL Rumors – Terrelle Pryor Wants Oakland Raiders to Let Him Go
Despite becoming quite popular with the fans in the few opportunities he’s had to start and play for the Oakland Raiders, he isn’t getting the same kind of love from the coaching staff and front office, leading Terrelle Pryor to request being traded or simply released, seeing he isn’t part of the plans for the franchise as a starting quarterback.
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NFL Rumors – Oakland Raiders & New York Jets Interested in Signing DeSean Jackson
The intriguing tale of the Philadelphia and DeSean Jackson might end up with the wide receiver getting released from the team. If that is the case, the Oakland Raiders and the New York Jets will be the two teams most likely to try and pick him up.
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NFL Rumors – Oakland Raiders & Cleveland Browns Interested in Drafting Derek Carr
There are a few teams looking to change their quarterback situation through the draft heading into the 2014 NFL season. Two of them, the Oakland Raiders and Cleveland Browns, think that Derek Carr out of Fresno State is actually the one who can become a very successful player for them.