by David Zizmor

ALAMEDA–For the Oakland Raiders coming off that 30-14 loss last Sunday the Raiders offense is going to be their biggest problem for them this season. The offense is a work in progress. The offensive line is not very good. Maurice Jones Drew who is their best player is hurt. James Jones is fine as a wide receiver but is not very deep at that position.

Maybe the Raiders will find lighting in a bottle, their 0-2 and headed to New England next Sunday.Running backs Latavius Murray or Darren McFadden might flourish when given the chance. Derrick Carr is a rookie quarterback and most rookie quarterbacks are not like Andrew Luck. There not like Robert Griffin in his rookie year most rookie quarterbacks struggle.

In Peyton Manning’s rookie year he threw 17 interceptions, Carr isn’t in that caliber or at least what we can see. Behind a shaky offensive line with questionable offensive weapons Carr is not in a position to excel. He might eventually be a very good quarterback, there’s some talent there that you could see.

These guys have to be given an opportunity as well, you saw with his brother in Houston David Carr who was the number one pick overall. Derrick had the skills to be a decent quarterback and he’s getting sacked 60 times a season. It’s not an exaggeration he’s getting sacked 60 times a season. With the Raiders facing an aggressive Patriots defense for next Sunday Carr will be running in the pocket all day long.

San Francisco 49ers update: Quarterback Colin Kapernick gets a little bit of a cushion as he’s been successful with the 49ers as a quarterback. He tried to force some passes that he shouldn’t have and as a result he threw some really bad interceptions and you can’t do that. You know what former Green Bay quarterback Brett Farve did that and I’m not saying Kapernick is like Farve.

Kapernick does have that gunslinger mentality that former 49er quarterbacks Joe Montana or Steve Young had. Montana was very precise and almost surgical in the way he would throw behind a defense. Kapernick has got a little of that cowboy in him and not a Dallas Cowboy, Kapernick has a grip and rip it attitude that’s what Farve had.

Guys who have that are going to make throws or make throws like Kapernick did, remember when Farve left Green Bay the last game he played was in that game against the New York Giants. The last throw he made as a Packer was an interception into the hands of multiple Giants. It went into about triple coverage that the Giants picked off.

David Zizmor covers the NFL for http://www.sportsradioservice.com