Oakland Raiders Should Look to the Miami Dolphins for Ways to Use Terrelle Pryor

In Columbus, Ohio, the mention of Terrelle Pryor makes many Buckeye fans cringe.  They believe he brought a bad attitude, school sanctions and zero national championships. He is villainized by local Columbus radio stations who act like he was the first player at Ohio State to get free tattoos or privileges. 

You can call him many things: brash, cocky, abrasive—and all that may be true. What also is true is that he won at Ohio State with no offensive line, bad offensive coaching and raw athletic talent.

Terrelle Pryor managed to win a lot of games at Ohio State without ever learning how to play quarterback.  He cannot read defenses, has bad feet and does not live in the playbook. 

While that information is true, what is also true is that Jim Tressel let that go on.  Even the best coach cannot control what his athletes do and Jim Tressel could only do so much in developing a person’s character, but how about developing a quarterback?

Sometimes, simply looking at what other teams have done can keep a team from having to reinvent the wheel.  The Miami Dolphins were in a predicament in the '80s in which they had Dan Marino on the team with another QB named Jim Jensen, who played for Boston University before being drafted by the Dolphins.  He played with them from 1981 to 1992. 

He played for 12 years in the NFL as an "athlete."  He was a football player similar to what Josh Cribbs is to the Browns. Josh Cribbs and James Jensen share a common thread—each is too good of an athlete not to use. When putting the best 22 players on the field, Jensen, Cribbs and Pryor need to be in the mix.



Jensen was a wide receiver, running back and quarterback.  He was drafted as a quarterback but with the addition of Dan Marino he quickly decided to earn his living serving as Batman’s utility belt for the Dolphins.

Article Source: Bleacher Report - Oakland Raiders