Matt Flynn News

After leaving Seattle for what seemed to be greener pastures in Oakland, the perennial backup quarterback may be destined to ride the pine once again this year -- backing up a rookie quarterback named Wilson.

Coming off a 4-12 season in 2012, the Oakland Raiders were clearly rebuilding rather than contending for a championship.

It seems the slope's being greased once again for the veteran quarterback's slide into a backup role.

The Scranton native worked out with the Washington Redskins and Carolina Panthers after not being selected in last month's NFL Draft.

The Detroit Lions showed interest in receiver/kick returner Josh Cribbs, but he will wear an Oakland Raiders uniform this season.

With every NFL team having completed its rookie minicamp and a few more in the midst of OTAs, we are officially full steam ahead on the march toward the 2013 season.

At rookie camp, dozens of young men step onto an NFL field for the first time. Some of them already hold guaranteed -year contracts, and some have already cashed their signing-bonus check - but many will never get anything more from an NFL team than the bus ticket that got them here.

The 2013 class of rookies showed up to the Oakland Raiders ' headquarters in Alameda for a brief minicamp over the weekend.

Free-agent wide receiver Josh Cribbs is going to make a decision about his future in the next couple days after visiting the Detroit Lions on Monday.

We spent far too much time last summer discussing the Green Bay Packers ' backup quarterback situation .

Judging rookies off their minicamp performance seems premature at best, and quite possibly foolish.

Amy Trask: A fierce advocate for late Raiders owner Al Davis, she was the only female CEO in the NFL, a role she assumed in 1997.

It was the second day of a rookie minicamp practice in shorts with no pads Saturday, but it was special to Raiders cornerback D.J. Hayden.

If the NFL draft is time for optimism for fans of every NFL team, camps are when teams have their rays of sunshine.

For the Oakland Raiders , the roster is slowly starting to crystallize with early free-agency netted players like Pat Sims, Tracy Porter, Nick Roach and Mike Jenkins, among others.

When we look at the 2013 Oakland Raiders roster, one thing we can't say about general manager Reggie McKenzie is that he didn't try.

With the departure of Brandon Myers during free agency, the Oakland Raiders tight end position became the team's biggest question mark.

In 2012, the Raiders went 4-12 and finished third in the AFC West. The team missed the playoffs for the 10th straight year.

Last season, Matt Flynn watched a rookie named Russell Wilson steal what was supposed to be his chance to prove that he could handle the pressure of being a starting quarterback in the NFL .

It's never too early to prognosticate about the future, and even though the NFL just had its yearly draft, the 2014 NFL draft will be upon us before we know it.