The Oakland Raiders have been encouraged by the play of Matt McGloin, but Dennis Allen wants to further evaluate Terrelle Pryor over the final four games of the season.

It is unclear if Pryor may have a chance to start, or if he'll have a limited set of packages.

"I think we want to try to see more of (Pryor) at some point," Allen said Friday, via CSN Bay Area. "Injuries are a tough thing. They're hard to account for. You don't know how things are going to respond and how quickly people are going to get back.

"With the short week, and again, only having 20 plays in the second half, we weren't able to get him involved in the offense," Allen added. "But I think that's something we want to look at moving forward, but we'll see how that plays out."

At various points over the past year, Andrew Luck, Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick and Robert Griffin III have taken the mantle as the best young quarterback in the NFL.

The viewpoints in the media seem to be largely based on wins and losses.

"I think it is unfair to these guys almost to keep their stock report based on wins and losses or what they did last week," a general manager said recently.

Wilson is only trailing Peyton Manning in passer rating and QBR since Week 8 of last season.

"I think Luck is ahead of the others," the GM said. "Russell will never be able to close the gap on that one. Part of it is, just genetically, he cannot see over the line sometimes. But all these guys have strengths and weaknesses. Kaepernick is still about the same guy from last year, but last year he made big plays running. It naturally becomes an emotional assessment of these guys. All these guys are young. I always laugh when a guy is a year-and-a-half in and we're like, 'Is it time?' Really? You're going to make a change? Everyone will go through a slump." 

Joe Flacco is strongly opposed to the Baltimore Ravens' use of the Wildcat formation.

Flacco lined up outside for a few plays in the Ravens' 19-3 win over the New York Jets with Tyrod Taylor taking the snap.

"I don't like that stuff. I think it makes you look like a high school offense. That's my opinion," Flacco said.

Flacco doesn't expect the Ravens to use the Wildcat again this season.

"It is what it is," Flacco said. "I want as many chances as I can get. I just don't like that stuff in general. We're not going to be good if we can't get good at the basics of what we do 90 percent of the time. We have to get good at those things or we're not going to be good no matter what we do."

The Philadelphia Eagles will start Nick Foles moving forward, a decision that has appeared obvious for weeks.

Chip Kelly had been waiting on anointing Foles as the starter indefinitely until Michael Vick was healthy again.

Foles has completed 63.6 percent of his passes with 16 touchdowns and no interceptions this season.

The Indianapolis Colts have struggled without Reggie Wayne, but a potentially even bigger loss came earlier in the season when the lost tight end Dwayne Allen.

Allen was drafted for the Colts to use him in two-tight end sets with Coby Fleener.

“The guy we really miss is Dwayne Allen,” said one person within the Colts' organization.

Allen is a strong blocker and sure-handed receiver.

The San Francisco 49ers appeared to overachieve on offense during Jim Harbaugh's first two seasons due to impressive creativity and unpredictability.

But opposing defenses have seemingly caught up to Harbaugh and Greg Roman's ingenuity.

"Defenses are doing a great job on us, game-planning for us," Frank Gore said.

The 49ers have one of the more voluminous and complex playbooks in the NFL.

"We've been doing great on the running game, so everybody's going to try to stop the run," Gore said. "That's what's been happening."

The Indianapolis Colts will leave Trent Richardson as their lead running back despite his struggles and the strong play of Donald Brown.

"We don't plan on changing our rotation with our backs," said Pep Hamilton. "We've always been a running back by committee bunch, so we're going to continue to do that."

Brown has 21 more yards on half of the carries Richardson has had since the trade.

The Colts have defended Richardson's poor play.

With the San Francisco 49ers unable to receive any production out of a No. 2 receiver, their offense has shifted to rely heavily on two backs and two tight ends.

The 49ers are using that formation with more frequency and less success.

The 49ers had a 60.3 percent success rate in 2012 compared to 44.7 percent this season.

Michael Crabtree is expected to return in the near future, which the 49ers expect to open up the offense.

Michael Vick endorsed Nick Foles to remain as starting quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles even after he is fully healed from his injured hamstring.

Vick came to Foles' side even before Chip Kelly, Pat Shurmur and Howie Roseman.

“In all honesty, in all fairness, how can you take a guy out of the game who’s been playing so well?” Vick said.

“I’ve been in this stage before, and I know what it’s like. I understand the position that this team is in, and the one thing I never want to do is be a distraction or put our team or our coaches in a position where they feel like they’re not doing the right thing or I feel like they’re not doing the right thing.

“I trust what’s going on, I enjoy being a part of it, I love the game of football in general. So it’s important to me to be there in support and be ready if my name and number is called again.”

San Diego Chargers general Manager Tom Telesco is encouraged by the direction of the team in his first season.

“Obviously at 4-3 at the bye week I was much more encouraged then,” Telesco said. “I'm a little disappointed now at 4-6 -- disappointed but not discouraged because we're seeing progress here on both sides of the ball.” 

The Chargers have been able to consistently move the ball all season, but need to improve upon their execution in the red zone.

On defense, the Chargers rank 11th in points allowed per game.

“I think as a whole we need to get consistent really at all three levels -- the front, the linebackers and the secondary,” Telesco said. “And I can tell you with Derek (Cox) that he's a true pro. And he was out here at practice working after practice. He works in the weight room and the meeting room putting everything into it. And these guys will keep working, and Derek will keep working. We're still expecting better things to come.”