Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie understands the he took over a team that is in the midst of a rebuilding process. The Raiders have seemed to be stuck in rebuilding for a few seasons now and McKenzie is determined to change all of that. He has set up a new staff along with a new attitude. The Raiders made several offseason moves to bring in veterans like Charles Woodson and Matt Flynn to help turn the team around. As the media sets their focus on the Raiders' pending quarterback competition, McKenzie is letting reporters know that he does not care about their scouting reports.
Most of the Raiders' offseason reports have been surrounding the team's four quarterbacks- Matt Flynn, Tyler Wilson, Terrelle Pryor and Matt McGloin. Combined, the the four quarterbacks have exactly three starts in the NFL. After the team parted ways with Carson Palmer, Flynn was the assumed starting quarterback. However, the progression of Wilson has many reporters calling for a competition at the position.
Now, NFL media is reporting every incompletion, interception, wobbly pass and rough route. All four of the quarterbacks have started slow, showing signs of both greatness and rust. McKenzie is not reading into any of these supposed "scouting reports" or "worst practice ever" stories being put out.
"I don't know abot those great evaluators that were out there (in the media) but in my eyes the Raiders quarterbacks had a pretty good off-season, pretty good TOA's, and they had some really good days. Everyone has a bad day, but as far as the development of Flynn and the development of Pryor, the development of Wilson, all these guys, they have gotten a ton better from day one to when they left last week," McKenize said to a local radio station.
McKenize is really pleased with the coaching staff and their abilities to plan around the players strengths. He understands the team has three pocket-passing quarterbacks and one mobile quarterback. He thinks coordinator Greg Olson is doing a great job creating a package for Pryor. All four quarterbacks are showing great strides in their throwing mechanics and ability to pick up the plays that are thrown at them.
"As far as the beat writers' evaluations, I really don't pay a whole lot of attention to that. Sorry about that, beat writers. If you were really good I'd probably get you in on of these scouting jobs."
