The Oakland Raiders will have a tough going for Week 3 of the season as the have a road test against the 2-0 Denver Broncos for Monday Night Football action at 8:25 p.m. ET.

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Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor is heading into his fourth NFL start as he'll try to match the Broncos score for score and try his best to play up to his competition Peyton Manning.

In his short time in the league Pryor has already realized that's not how to beat out Manning.

"When you do that, you'll come up short because Peyton is a great quarterback," the third-year veteran said. "It reminds me of Tiger Woods, when his competitors were kind of going against him and they kind of folded because they pressed. I've got to stay away from doing that."

Since winning the starting job over teammate Matt Flynn, prior has totaled 162 yards rushing in his first two games, putting him amongst elite quarterbacks such as Michael Vick, Colin Kaepernick and Robert Griffin III.

"I know if I have pressure and guys get in, that's when I think about running," said Pryor, a third-round selection in the 2011 supplemental draft, who goes down in history as the last pick made by Al Davis. "I'm not going to take hits, but if I have a pocket that's open and I know that I can set there and go through all my progressions, I'm going to do it. But if I can't, of course, I'm going to use my God-given ability."