<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Raiders&src=hash">#Raiders</a> HC Dennis Allen on Matt Schaub: "We have a quarterback now that's on par with the quarterbacks in this division" (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/timkawakami">@timkawakami</a>)</p>— Raiders Beat (@RaidersBeat) <a href="https://twitter.com/RaidersBeat/statuses/448469764684677120">March 25, 2014</a></blockquote>
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On Monday's edition of the "Around The League Podcast," Dan Hanzus unfurled a bizarre theory that the Oakland Raiders remain convinced the 2013 NFL season never happened.
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How else to explain the firm belief of the Raiders' braintrust that a quarterback outplayed by Case Keenum and Terrelle Pryor last season is the new face of the franchise?
Coach Dennis Allen has now doubled down in his glowing assessment of Matt Schaub's standing among NFL quarterbacks.
"We have a quarterback now that's on par with the quarterbacks in this division," Allen said Tuesday at the NFL Annual Meeting, per Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News.
You want to rainbow curve that one by us again, coach?
AFC West stars Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers placed Nos. 1 and 2 in Gregg Rosenthal's 2013 Quarterback Index. Schaub was 31st, behind the likes of former backup Keenum and current backup Matt McGloin.
More troubling is the lack of confidence Schaub has shown in his arm since Thanksgiving of 2012. In Gary Kubiak's scheme that relies heavily on roll-outs, Schaub brought up the rear in Pro Football Focus' play-action metrics -- managing 4.0 yards fewer per attempt than Keenum on such passes.
Absurd comparisons notwithstanding, the Raiders have another quarterback reclamation project on their hands.
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On Monday's edition of the "Around The League Podcast," Dan Hanzus unfurled a bizarre theory that the Oakland Raiders remain convinced the 2013 NFL season never happened.
Free-Agent Tracker
Follow all the developments on the NFL's open market with our up-to-the-minute tracking of 2014's free agents. More...
How else to explain the firm belief of the Raiders' braintrust that a quarterback outplayed by Case Keenum and Terrelle Pryor last season is the new face of the franchise?
Coach Dennis Allen has now doubled down in his glowing assessment of Matt Schaub's standing among NFL quarterbacks.
"We have a quarterback now that's on par with the quarterbacks in this division," Allen said Tuesday at the NFL Annual Meeting, per Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News.
You want to rainbow curve that one by us again, coach?
AFC West stars Peyton Manning and Philip Rivers placed Nos. 1 and 2 in Gregg Rosenthal's 2013 Quarterback Index. Schaub was 31st, behind the likes of former backup Keenum and current backup Matt McGloin.
More troubling is the lack of confidence Schaub has shown in his arm since Thanksgiving of 2012. In Gary Kubiak's scheme that relies heavily on roll-outs, Schaub brought up the rear in Pro Football Focus' play-action metrics -- managing 4.0 yards fewer per attempt than Keenum on such passes.
Absurd comparisons notwithstanding, the Raiders have another quarterback reclamation project on their hands.
Read rest at
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200...h-afc-west-qbs
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