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Raiders vs. Chargers: Oakland trailing 17-7 at halftime of season finale

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Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

The Raiders season is mercifully coming to an end, and it looks like they will go out in the same way they came in.

The Oakland Raiders are a bad, bad football team and the looked like it in the first half of their 2012 season finale against the San Diego Chargers. The game opened with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Michael Spurlock and Oakland barely cracked the 100 total yards mark as San Diego jumped out to a 17-7 halftime lead at Qualcomm Stadium.

With Carson Palmer out, Terrelle Pryor got the nod at quarterback for his first NFL start and the glass half-full perspective is that he hasn't been a disaster. He's been safe and secure with the ball, which hasn't resulted in many yards, but he did throw a touchdown to Darius Heyward-Bey. That capped an impressive 12-play, 90-yard drive that marked Oakland's only real offensive movement.

Pryor has helped himself out on the ground, running for more than four yards a rush. Unfortunately, the Chargers have locked down Darren McFadden so the onus is all on Pryor to move the ball.

After running the opening kick back for six, Nick Novak added a field goal to put the Chargers up 10-0. The Raiders' touchdown cut that lead to three, but Philip Rivers found Antonio Gates for a 11-yard touchdown pass to stretch the lead back to 10 just before halftime.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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