Raiders pick Pryor

The Oakland Raiders used a third-round pick Monday in the NFL's supplemental draft to select former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor.

The Raiders and the league announced that Oakland used the 18th selection of the round for Pryor. Oakland forfeits its third-round selection in the 2012 draft.

Pryor's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said his client was excited about going in the third round after waiting until last Thursday to find out he'd even be eligible for the supplemental draft and not working out for teams until Saturday.

"We're tickled and thrilled that Terrelle went in the third round and to the Raiders," Rosenhaus said. "The third round is quite an accomplishment for a young man who had his pro day 48 hours ago and didn't know he would be in the draft until Thursday morning and wasn't able to meet with any decision makers."

Pryor immediately headed to the Bay Area after being drafted and Rosenhaus said he hoped to finalize a contract as soon as possible to get Pryor on the practice field. Rosenhaus has already negotiated a third-round deal with the Raiders this summer with rookie cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke.

Giants 41, Bears 13: At East Rutherford, N.J., Brandon Jacobs scored on an 18-yard run, Domenik Hixon caught a 5-yard touchdown pass and the New York Giants (1-1) cashed in on big special teams plays in a 41-13 preseason victory over the Chicago Bears (1-1) that was marred by the loss of starting cornerback Terrell Thomas to a major knee injury.

Chiefs' Mr. Versatility: Dexter McCluster is back where he feels most comfortable.

That should make opposing defenses decidedly uncomfortable.

The 5-foot-8, 170-pound self-described "jitterbug" played mostly running back growing up, but he moved into a slot receiver role while becoming a multi-purpose star at Mississippi. When he was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round of the 2010 draft, the idea was to use him a similar fashion, putting him in the backfield and at times splitting him out wide.

Instead, McCluster wound up playing primarily receiver, starting seven games and catching 21 passes for 209 yards and a score last year. Sure, he also ran 18 times, but it was clear that coach Todd Haley had decided he would use McCluster to help quarterback Matt Cassel in the passing game.

That appears to have changed in training camp.

McCluster has been practicing mostly out of the backfield, and not just on toss sweeps that allow him to use his speed and shiftiness. He also took a couple of handoffs right up the middle during 11-on-11 drills Monday, breaking one of them into the secondary for a long gain.

49ers' Gore frustrated over contract talks: Frank Gore isn't happy about the lack of progress in his talks with the San Francisco 49ers over a contract extension.

The two-time Pro Bowl running back said Monday that negotiations are "going slow" and he expects 49ers management to step up and work out a new deal before the regular season begins against Seattle on Sept. 11. He declined to comment about whether he would request a trade if there wasn't an extension in place by the opener.

The two sides don't seem anywhere close to reaching a new deal.

The Niners promised good-faith negotiations with Gore when he ended his four-day holdout and showed up for training camp. New coach Jim Harbaugh said Sunday he didn't sense any unhappiness in Gore and wouldn't get into what he called "water-cooler talk."

Spagnuolo happy to be playing again: This short work week is just fine with the St. Louis Rams. The sooner they can erase the bad taste from Week 2 of the preseason, the better.

Players practiced on Monday for the first time since the starters got dominated on both sides of the ball against the Tennessee Titans two days earlier.

The defense got beat several times on cutback runs and the offense stalled after getting an 83-yard touchdown strike on its first snap.

Spagnuolo called it a work in progress. He's counting on it looking a lot better on Friday night when the Rams (2-0) play at Kansas City (0-2) in the annual Governor's Cup game.

Arizona re-signs Iwebema: The Arizona Cardinals have re-signed defensive end Kenny Iwebema and running back William Powell and cornerback Thad Turner.

Iwebema played in seven games last year before going down with a season-ending knee injury and subsequent surgery.

Powell, an undrafted rookie out of Kansas State, was released by the team Aug. 2 but returns to give the team a fourth running back after the Cardinals lost rookie Ryan Williams to a torn patella tendon in his right knee. Williams is out for the season and Arizona will be looking to pick up another running back as teams make roster cuts.

Turner was released by New England on Aug. 7 after spending last season on the Patriots' practice squad.

The Cardinals released cornerback Desia Dunn and punter Derek Epperson.

Orton wins Denver starting job: Denver Broncos coach John Fox has seen enough to name Kyle Orton his starting quarterback.

What he hasn't determined is who's No. 2.

Fox said Tim Tebow and Brady Quinn have two more preseason games to win the job as Orton's primary backup.

Because the league's new rules don't mandate teams designate their quarterback rotation on game day any more, the winner of that QB competition might remain a mystery, however, barring an injury to Orton.

The Broncos began training camp trying to trade Orton but when no teams made an offer, they opened the competition and Orton quickly showed he was the best of the bunch.

Packers look to shore up line: The Green Bay Packers went into training camp focused on doing a better job of protecting quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

The early returns have not been encouraging.

Having allowed nine sacks through two preseason games, the team's protection problems are deeper than simply deciding whether to start veteran T.J. Lang or rookie first-round pick Derek Sherrod at left guard.

In the team's 28-20 preseason victory over Arizona on Friday, Packers quarterbacks were sacked four times: Rodgers twice, and backup Matt Flynn twice. Against Cleveland in the preseason opener, Rodgers emerged unscathed while Flynn (twice) and No. 3 quarterback Graham Harrell (three times) were the victims.

Against the Cardinals, Rodgers was sacked twice during the No. 1 offense's second series. Later, Flynn took over for Rodgers and was immediately greeted by a sack as O'Brien Schofield blew past Lang (who was at left tackle at the time) to push the pocket right into defensive tackle Dan Williams.

Schofield later drilled Flynn on a third-and-16 play when rookie running back Alex Green failed to pick him up on a blitz. Schofield finally got his sack on a third-and-13 play late in the third quarter, when he went past Sherrod at left tackle and stripped Flynn.