Them letting him finish the season was just to damage him more. The team already gave up at that point and it was reported weeks before that the team stopped playing. So what was the point of putting in Pryor to "Finish the season"? Just to point the finger and say told you so?? It didn't matter the quarterback we were putting in, the locker room was done with the season and so were the fans.
HOU was McGloins, ONLY win and its against HOU who was 2-14. He didnt torch HOU either, he only had 197 passing yards and 3 drives in that game he couldn't move them from their own 20 yard line. That's not exactly caliber quarterback skills either. They both were only options for the Raiders and the coaching staff worked with what they had. AFC West is toughest how? For the last 10 years there has been no pull ahead winner of the division and each winner was decided in the last few weeks of the season. shyt, we even swept the divisions once and we still didnt make the playoffs
Yeah Pryor was terrible against the Giants but McGloin was terrible against DAL, TEN and KC. It didn't matter though cause when it comes down to it, Pryor won more games then McGloin.
Why should Raider fans be lenient on them when other personnel were only given a year and if they didn't turn it around they were gone. What have McKenzie and Allen done that deserves praise??? They cleared cap room? Who fukkin cares, we have had years where we were under the cap and that didnt mean shyt. How many high profile players we had over the years cause we had the room and they tanked over here. Did we make the playoffs?? Its been 2 years and nothing, Hue did alot in that one year and he got us closer then they did, he may not of been the best but fukk it it had results
3 TD's in 3 drives is efficient no matter who it's up against. NFL Players are professionals, I don't agree with the notion of the team quitting. We'll wait and see what comes of Pryor's chances of being a starting QB anywhere else in the NFL. If no team gives him that chance to be their starting QB, then all of this setting him up to fail talk will be more meaningless then it is now. If he's willing to be 3rd string and take time to develop, maybe... so that'd be no different than his current situation. How is the AFC West not the toughest with the Donkies and Chiefs last season and San Diego upsetting Cincy in Cincy? 3 of the 4 AFC West Teams made it to the 2nd round or better of last year's playoffs.
Comparing the Raiders to other organizations is unfair to the current regime. They inherited a mess. Other regime's who have turned it around immediately at other organizations have had their predecessors be patient, clear cap, accumulate talent and left structure. Hue Jackson gambled these past 2 seasons on Carson Palmer picking up where Jason Campbell left off. People love to credit him with 8-8 and "almost" making the playoffs. The team started off 4-2 and ended 4-6 with his savior Carson. Hue was also to blame that we had Kyle Boller as the backup. Cherry picked by Hue from when he was with BMore as the QB Coach. Other high profile free agents not amounting to shyt here has everything to do with Al Davis going with the big splash to excite the Nation rather than being patient and building through the draft and getting FA's that fit the coach's system. He knew his time was short, so he shorted the long term of of the organization.
Mark Davis, Reggie McKenzie and Dennis Allen all deserve praise because they proceeded an NFL Legend. Somebody who revolutionized the game but did things his way. If anybody was truly setup to fail, it was Mark and any decision he made. They deserve our patience and leniency because nobody with substantial credibility (GM or Coach) will want to work here if we dont give these guys a fair shot and we'll be stuck with a QB Coach turned Head Coach who sees it fit to mortgage the team's future by making the "greatest trade in football" by trading a 1st and 2nd for a retired QB who just wanted out of Cincy.
I feel your anger and frustration, I felt the same way the last 5 years while Davis was alive. Like Quik has said countless times, a lot of us are numb to the pain, and I've endured enough (Marcus Allen in purgatory, Bo Jackson's promising career cut short by Cincy no less, Mike White having a 8-3 LA Raider team only to lose the final 5 games, Callahan sabotaging our team, having to watch the Raiders most success come with cats like Jerry Rice and Romanowski on the squad, the best coach we've had since Madden and Flores being traded away to the Bucs for some cash and the 2 picks that highlighted Nnamdi and Tyler Brayton)
There's light at the end of the tunnel, bruh
This front office has been shyttting on him the day he stepped into the facility. .
