As Las Vegas Raiders second-year quarterback Aidan O'Connell looks to solidify himself as the team's starter, he may win an opportunity to make up for a forgettable start to his professional career.
The Las Vegas Raiders are currently holding a quarterback competition between second-year quarterback Aidan O’Connell and former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew. When General Manager Tom Telesco added Minshew to the roster, he did so to give O’Connell competition for the starting position, as the Raiders did not have any other qualified options to battle O’Connell or replace him should the team need to turn to their backup quarterback.
The second-year quarterback is undoubtedly eager to hit the field for training camp after having an entire offseason to train like a starting quarterback. This was something he did not have last season when he entered the league as the Raiders’ third-string quarterback. However, O’Connell’s story as a starter with the Raiders started well before his start against the New York Giants in Coach Antonio Pierce’s first game at the helm. O’Connell’s story as the Raiders starter technically began as even more of a surprise than his being named the starter for the rest of the season after Josh McDaniels was fired.
McDaniels, who may or may not have felt pressured to start the rookie O’Connell over Hoyer, with whom he was much more familiar, left O’Connell out to dry on many occasions during his first career start, a road game against a divisional opponent whose best defensive player was a former Raider with a point to prove against his former team, Khalil Mack.
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