Terrelle Pryor, Quarterback, Oakland Raiders

NFL Experience: 4 Years

Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in Round 3

College: Ohio State

Best Performance

Week 5 VS- San Diego: 221 passing yards, 31 rush yards and two touchdowns, zero interceptions

Far from elite with these numbers, but a solid performance from Pryor was a two touchdown game and a win against San Diego. Impressively also for Pryor was a turnover-free game, which is always a proud achievement for a quarterback. Many people were probably not using Pryor for their fantasy team at this point in time, but if you were, he also scored fantasy owners just shy of 20 points.   

Best Four-Game Stretch

Weeks 1,2,3 & 5: 845 passing yards, 229 rushing yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions

Pryor’s best four game stretch of time was way back at the beginning of the 2013 season. Week 4 kept him sidelined with an injury, so the weeks Pryor played, he contributed to two wins against the Jacksonville Jaguars; not quite a surprise there, and the San Diego Chargers. Unfortunately, and totally predictable, Pryor and team suffered losses to the Colts and Broncos during this stretch.

As stated above, most likely people were not using Pryor on their fantasy teams, unless you were in a really deep league, or possibly a two quarterback league. If you did start Pryor, he performed adequately well, but didn’t exactly explode in fantasy points, averaging 17.17 per week during this period of time.

Lowest Statistical Standpoint

Week 10, AT New York: 122 passing yards, 19 rushing yards, and one rushing touchdown, one interception

In a loss to the New York Giants, Pryor’s performance in Week 10 was considerably weak. Completing only 122 passing yards is enough to make any quarterback go home with his tail between his legs. The only saving grace to Pryor’s day was a rush touchdown, which was not sufficient to secure a win against a not-so-scary Giants defense. Hopefully, you weren’t in a pinch this week, and started Pryor, because he scored less than 10 fantasy points.

2013 Season at a Glance

2013 was Pryor’s first season as a starter since he had been with the Oakland Raiders, and it was not exactly a season to write home about. Pryor’s performance was all over the charts and he was plagued with minor injuries sporadically throughout the season.

No quarterback strives for a higher interception to touchdown ratio, which is what Pryor had with only seven passing touchdowns to 11 interceptions. He never surpassed the 300 passing yard mark, and struggled some weeks to even achieve 200 passing yards.

To Pryor’s credit, his mobility is something to take note of. I’ll bet you didn’t know that Pryor ranked second in rushing yards in 2013 with 576, coming in just nine yards under the No. 1 rushing quarterback, Cam Newton.

Overall, Pryor was really not a reliable fantasy football option, and was likely used only in desperation to replace an injured quarterback during the season.

2014 Outlook

With the way things are looking for the Raiders right now, Pryor may not be the answer for the starting quarterback in 2014. Intermittently in 2013, the Raiders relied upon Matt McGloin, who really wasn’t any more effective than Pryor.

Looking for further enhancement in the quarterback department, the Raiders traded a late-round draft pick for Texans quarterback, Matt Schaub.

It would be the general consensus that the Raiders plan would be to start Schaub ahead of Pryor in 2014, however it will be further determined as training camps and practices get under way.

If Pryor takes a backseat to to Schaub, then his fantasy value is virtually non-existent going into 2014. Schaub could start, then underperform or get injured, thus Pryor would get a boost in fantasy value. If he ever does perform as starting quarterback, expect numbers similiar to those of 2013, making him deep pick only if you've run out of quarterback options.

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