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Reports surfaced early Thursday that Terrelle Pryor had agreed to terms with the Raiders. Of course, Raiders executive John Herrera denied the report, but said Pryor would hopefully sign his deal tonight. Well, now it is official, Terrelle Pryor has signed his contract and the Raiders have announced he will be on the field Friday in Napa. Friday marks the final day of training camp and it will be interesting to see how the Raiders handle Pryor before breaking camp. The timing couldn't be better. The Raiders will showcase Pryor for one day at camp before returning to the uber-secret facility in Alameda where they can start to starch and iron Pryor's warts. Pryor's deal is worth $2,808,100 over four years if he hits all the playing time incentives. In 2011, $586,000 is guaranteed with a base salary of $375,000. In 2012, he will earn $485,000 and $20,300 available in playing time incentives. In 2013, his salary will be $595,000 with a playing time incentive of $40,700. In 2014...

Why haven’t the Raiders signed guys like Kevin Mawae or Keith Bulluck? Is Sanjay Lal qualified to be the receivers coach for the Raiders? Kevin Mawae In the Raiders specific case, there is no collusion going on to keep the NFLPA President from wearing silver and black. Kevin Mawae’s skills have significantly degraded over the past few seasons. Mawae is smart, he will make the correct line calls, but his physical tools have started to fail him. While a still a decent pass protector, he wasn’t effective run blocking for the Titans. The Titans had a good run game in 2009, but if Mawae was pivotal to the Titans run game they would have re-signed him. Profootballfocus.com ranks Mawae the league’s worst run blocking center. Mawae also has never played in the zone blocking system, so he would be starting in a new system at an advanced age. In short, the perceived value of Mawae is higher than his actual return. Keith Bulluck The lack of interest in Keith Bulluck can be attributed ...