By Jeremy Kahn

OAKLAND-After numerous tests for a concussion that he suffered in Monday’s 37-21 loss to the Denver Broncos, it was decided that Terrelle Pryor was unable to go and Matt Flynn was getting the start.

Everything was looking good for the Oakland Raiders, especially after jumping out to a 14-0 lead over the winless Washington Redskins.

Unfortunately, jumping forgot to tell the Redskins that were just supposed to roll over for the Raiders and fall to 0-4; however head coach Mike Shanahan, his staff and especially players left the Coliseum with a 24-14 over the Raiders.

David Amerson returned an interception for a touchdown, and the Redskins defense sacked Flynn seven times on the afternoon.

“We needed that so bad,” defensive end Ryan Kerrigan said. ”It really feels good. Seven was kind of the magic number today – we give up only seven points, we have seven sacks, scored seven points on defense. Great feeling right now.”

The Raiders first touchdown of the game came after a blocked Sav Rocca punt was recovered in the end zone by Jeremy Stewart, and then the Raiders extended the lead up to 14-0, when Flynn threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to rookie Mychel Rivera.

Besides not having Pryor, the Raiders lost the services of running backs Darren McFadden and Marcel Reece before the end of the first half.

Robert Griffin III gave the Redskins the lead for good on a touchdown pass to Pierre Garcon, and then Roy Helu, Jr., clinched the victory with a touchdown run midway thru the fourth quarter.

”That one hurt, that one stung,” coach Dennis Allen said. ”I felt the way we were able to start out the game . get to 14-0 . then we let them back in the game. Give them credit, they continued to fight. But we didn’t do enough to win the football game.