Today, at 4:25 p.m. ET, the Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1) will travel to the west coast to take on the Oakland Raiders (0-1) at the Oakland Coliseum. The game can be live streamed here. Jaguars fans can hear all the action on WAOC 1420 AM, while Raiders fans can do the same by turning their dials to 95.7 The Game.
Both teams are coming off losses in Week 1, with Jacksonville only putting up two points in a bad loss to the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 28-2, while Oakland fell to the Indianapolis Colts 21-17.
The Jags will be without quarterback Blaine Gabbert, as he is sidelined with an injury after a laceration to his throwing hand required 15 stitches. Gabbert had a rough day at the office for the Jaguars in their loss to Kansas City in Week 1, going 16-for-35 with a completion percentage of 45.7% while throwing for 121 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions and being sacked six times.
"It's got to heal and we need to keep it clean," coach Gus Bradley said per CBS Sports. "The big concern would be with all the stitches that it could reopen and then the chance of infection occurs. So we're going to handle that right."
Gabbert won the job to start Week 1 from Chad Henne out of training camp, but after he sliced open the back of his hand in the closing minutes of the game, Henne took over and went 3-for-6 for 36 yards. Henne will take the reins of the offense tonight in the wake of Gabbert's injury.
Terrelle Pryor will be under center for Oakland after he wrestled the starting job away from Matt Flynn in the preseason and impressed last week. Pryor appeared to show that he has the potential to be the quarterback of the future for Oakland in his fifth game ever last week despite the loss, by going 19-for-29 with a completion percentage of 65.5% while throwing for 217 yards with a touchdown but also being victimized by two interceptions.
Pryor had a chance to give Oakland the lead with just two minutes left in the game at Indianapolis last week, but he took a bad sack and then threw his second interception of the game on a third-and-goal from the Colts' 24 with 31 seconds left to seal the loss.
Pryor was hard on himself following the game.
"This one's on me," Prior told CBS Sports. "Everybody else did a great job. The receivers did a great job catching the ball when they had a chance. There's no one really to point fingers at but me, literally, this time. I'll take the blame and get better. We'll be better."
Pryor will look to turn it around for the Raiders today while Henne will look to lead the Jacksonville to its first touchdown and first victory of the season, but only one will emerge a winner out of this Week 2 match up.
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