Handley did not seem concerned about a possible change in Raider quarterbacks.

And he gave words of encouragement to Jay Schroeder, the bedeviled Raider quarterback, who needed them.

"Well," said Jim Plunkett, the former Raider quarterback and now a radio analyst for a Los Angeles station, "if Bo could have played defense, maybe."

Jim Plunkett, the former Raider quarterback now a team radio announcer, even gave him play-calling pointers after the season-opening loss at Denver.

That is more than Stabler, Daryle Lamonica or any other previous Raider quarterback.

Steelers 29, Raiders 10 By shutting down the Oakland running game, Pittsburgh put all the pressure on a Raider quarterback making his first start.

Only four Raider quarterbacks have passed for 3,000 yards or more as a Raider since Hostetler.

He also ran for a touchdown to become the first Raider quarterback ever to run for as many as five scores in a season.

But there is the controversy about the Raider quarterbacks that must be dealt with.

But Barnes remained with the Raiders, playing for a new head coach and former Raider starting quarterback (1960-1966), Tom Flores.