PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : RAIDERS : Hostetler Says He’s Not Getting Calls

Now in his second season as a Raider, quarterback Jeff Hostetler has been a human blocking dummy, taking shot after shot without uttering a word of complaint.

Hostetler would rise, sometimes on shaky legs, brush himself off and make it back to the huddle one way or the other, knowing more of the same kind of punishment was probably coming.

Well, the Raider quarterback has finally decided he’s not going to take it quietly anymore.

The final blow came in Sunday’s loss to the San Diego Chargers at the Coliseum. Hostetler was pushed out of bounds, then felt he was further interfered with in front of the San Diego bench. No penalty was called.

Coach Art Shell said Monday he will ask league officials to look into the lack of roughing-the-passer calls against those who come after his quarterback.

“Hey, I’m all for clean, hard-fought games,” Hostetler said. “Guys can hit as hard as they want. I haven’t said anything yet to this point, but I might as well say it.

“If I had a different number on, I probably would have gotten one (roughing-the-passer call) by now. . . . The fact is, it hasn’t happened. The fact is, I’ve taken some big hits, and the fact is, I don’t have the (fortune) of other guys who will get the call.”

Did Hostetler feel believe someone on the Charger side deliberately tried to hurt him?

“I don’t know,” he said. “I got hit in bounds, went out of bounds and someone over there gave me something. Hey, it’s part of the game. . . . If that includes getting hit, I’m in there. I haven’t walked away from any of that yet.”