ESPN's Rob Jaworski has Matt Flynn ranked as the NFL's worst starting quarterback.

Flynn was ranked No. 27 at this point last year when he was expected to start for the Seattle Seahawks.

Flynn was acquired by the Oakland Raiders this offseason.

Flynn has started just two NFL games in his career despite already being 28.

The Oakland Raiders ended their three-day minicamp on Thursday and Dennis Allen is optimistic from what he is seeing from the revamped roster.

"I know there’s a lot of experts out there that might think differently, but I like this football team," said Allen.

The Raiders went 4-12 last season.

“I like this football team,” Allen said, presumably for emphasis. “I like the players on this team and I’m excited to see what they can do once they get into training camp."

Amy Trask's historic 28-year tenure with the Oakland Raiders came to an end recently with her resignation.

Trask was the first CEO of a major North American team sport.

"She was very, very valuable to the organization and very, very valuable to my father," said Mark Davis. "She put in a lot of blood and sweat. I felt she deserved to write her own ending. There was no real organizational chart on the business side. We plan to change that."

Trask was a respected executive but a a feared supervisor, as several employees of the Raiders indicate that her departure has made the working environment less anxious.

Marc Badain has assumed many of her responsibilities while the Raiders search for her successor.

Mark Davis and the Oakland Raiders fired Zak Gilbert as media relations director after an unflattering portrayal of the state of the franchise in the final years of Al Davis' life.

The dismissal was viewed as some as a potential message to Reggie McKenzie.

"Not at all," said Davis. "Reggie understands why I made the decision I made. Look, I understand what Reggie is trying to do. Reggie's fine. He's the one guy that I've hired. I've got to give him room to do his job."

McKenzie is entering his second season as GM of the Raiders.

Matt Flynn could lose a starting quarterback job to a rookie with the last name of Wilson for the second consecutive season, but it appears unlikely.

The Oakland Raiders traded for Flynn after they were unable to reach a deal with Carson Palmer and later drafted Tyler Wilson in the fourth round.

The Raiders seem to believe that Wilson is further along than Terrelle Pryor. The Raiders have been encouraged by Pryor's work ethic, but he hasn't developed as much as they had hoped.

Wilson has been getting positive reviews from members of the media that have seen him workout.

The NFL's new collective bargaining agreement is undoubtedly favorable to the owners, particularly when it comes to players on their initial contracts out of the draft.

Players like Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson are on extraordinarily cap-friendly deals.

Mark Sanchez, Tony Romo and Matt Schaub were identified as having the worst contracts at the quarterback position. Sanchez will earn $8.8 million this season and counts against the cap at $12.9 million. Romo's new deal will pay him $25 million in year one and average $18 million over five seasons.

Jonathan Stewart and Darren McFadden have the worst contracts at running back, while Mike Wallace and Santonio Holmes are featured at wide receiver.

Champ Bailey, Antonio Cromartie and Carlos Rogers receive special distinction at cornerback and are joined in the secondary by safeties LaRon Landry and Troy Polamalu.

Mario Williams, Ryan Pickett, Gerald McCoy and Jay Ratliff are all on huge deals on the defensive line.

David Harris, Dannell Ellerbe and Philip Wheeler are all overpaid at linebacker.

Matt Flynn is the presumptive starter for the Oakland Raiders for the 2013 season.

But the offense the Raiders will run under offensive coordinator Greg Olson remains a work in progress.

"We're doing a lot of motions and trying to get favorable matchups," Flynn said. "There are always deep options, but right now I think we're trying to get some completions, not force anything downfield and really kind of taking what they're giving us."

Flynn has just two NFL starts, which makes every practice critical.

"Every day he sees a little something new," Dennis Allen said. "We've thrown a lot at him, both from an offensive standpoint and what he has seen from our defense. I just want to see him continue to improve and get better. If he focuses on that, the rest will take care of itself."

The Oakland Raiders were interesting in drafting Colin Kaepernick in the 2011 NFL Draft.

"I think about it all the time, believe me," Hue Jackson on Sunday. "No question in my mind we wanted it to happen, and no question I thought it could happen. We wanted the kid in the worst way."

The San Francisco 49ers selected Kaepernick with the 36th overall pick.

"Coach Jackson told me before the draft they were going to do everything they could to try to get me,'' said Kaepernick. "I thought there was a good chance they'd pick me. I never heard anything from the 49ers before the draft after I worked out for them [at Nevada]. I just figured they weren't interested."

The Raiders have Kaepernick as their top-rated quarterback on their board in that draft, ahead of Cam Newton, Jake Locker, Blaine Gabbert, Christian Ponder and Andy Dalton.

The 49ers knew the Raiders were interested in Kaepernick and traded ahead of them with the Broncos to have a shot at drafting him.

Kaepernick's father said he heard Al Davis threw a glass across the room when the 49ers selected him.

"I don't know that he threw anything,'' said Jackson. "But he was upset. So was I. Scouting him, I fell in love with the kid. Leader, won a ton of games at Nevada, really impressive when you talked to him, strong, all the tools to win in the NFL. No doubt in my mind he was going to be good."

If the Raiders had drafted Kaepernick, they likely would have made him their starter when Jason Campbell was injured instead of trading for Carson Palmer.