Oakland Raiders Terrelle Pryor not planning on being the backup

Second-year Oakland Raiders QB Terrelle Pryor is not heading into the 2012 NFL season planning on being the back up quarterback. Speaking to Steve Corkran of the Contra Costa Times, the former Ohio State quarterback says he doesn’t look at himself as the backup to Carson Palmer and wants to make the most of any opportunity to become the team’s starting signal caller. “Carson is the starter and he’s going to be the starter. But I don’t put myself as I’m going to be the backup. I mean, I don’t sit around saying,’I want to be a backup, and that’s what I want to be.’ That’s not how I operate. That’s not how I want to be. I’m going to work to play. And Carson’s always played well and always will. Whenever the opportunity comes for me to play, I’ll play,” Pryor told the Times. The current coaching staff has nothing invested in Pryor. Pryor was the last player ever chosen by former owner Al Davis in the 2011 supplemental draft. He does possess an interesting skill set but he needs sig