Jacksonville @ Oakland preview

Last Meeting ( Oct 21, 2012 ) Jacksonville 23, Oakland 26

The Jacksonville Jaguars will be without quarterback Blaine Gabbert when they visit the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. The second-year quarterback suffered a nasty laceration on his throwing hand that required 15 stitches during a season-opening 28-2 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and veteran Chad Henne will start against the Raiders. Second-year Oakland quarterback Terrelle Pryor makes his third career start and is coming off a solid performance in the opening 21-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

Pryor, who edged Matt Flynn for the starting job, passed for 217 yards and set a franchise record for a quarterback with 112 rushing yards. He was intercepted twice, including in the final minute when the Raiders were driving for a potential go-ahead score. Jacksonville only managed a safety in its opener as the offense produced 178 yards. Henne passed for 2,084 yards, 11 touchdowns and 11 interceptions last season when he finished the campaign as the starter after Gabbert suffered a season-ending forearm injury.

TV: 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS. LINE: Raiders –5.5. O/U: 39.

ABOUT THE JAGUARS (0-1): Star running back Maurice Jones-Drew grew up not far from Oakland and his visit home last season didn’t go well as he suffered a season-ending foot injury on Jacksonville’s opening drive in a loss to the Raiders. Jones-Drew needs 128 yards from scrimmage to become the third player in Jaguars history to reach 10,000 – Fred Taylor (13,632) and Jimmy Smith (12,286) are the others. The Jaguars allowed six sacks in the season-opening loss as offensive tackle Luke Joeckel, the second overall pick in the 2013 draft, struggled in pass protection. Middle linebacker Paul Posluszny had a team-high 10 tackles against the Chiefs.

ABOUT THE RAIDERS (0-1): Pryor was just the eighth quarterback since the 1970 merger to pass for at least 200 yards and run for 100 in the same game. Getting Darren McFadden untracked is crucial after the sixth-year back had only 48 yards – and a paltry 2.8 average – against the Colts. McFadden was limited to 53 yards (and a 2.8 average) by the Jaguars last season. Oakland recorded four sacks in the opener, a welcome development after having just 25 last season.

EXTRA POINTS

1. Oakland recorded a 26-23 overtime home victory against Jacksonville last season.

2. The Raiders are 10-2 when McFadden rushes for 100 or more yards.

3. The Jaguars had 96 offensive yards with three minutes left against the Chiefs before nearly doubling that total.

PREDICTION: Raiders 23, Jaguars 17