Antonio Pierce: Aidan O'Connell has earned the ethical to compete for Raiders' starting job

The Raiders occupy signed quarterback Gardner Minshew in free agency, and they might be able to occupy to peaceful draft a quarterback subsequent month. But head coach Antonio Pierce says now to no longer rule out Aidan O’Connell as the Raiders’ doable 2024 starter.

Pierce instructed Steve Wyche of NFL Community that whoever is within the quarterback room when training camp begins, O’Connell can be competing for the starting job.

“At the live of the day, hear, Aidan O’Connell played his ass off. He did a helluva job for us,” Pierce acknowledged. “That you would be in a position to maybe maybe be talking about a child that has the psychological toughness to play within the National Football League. No topic occurs and whatever we attain it has to struggle thru Aidan O’Connell. Being easiest with you because he’s earned that ethical.”

As a fourth-spherical rookie who started final season as the third-stringer, O’Connell ended up starting 10 video games and placing up comparable stats to Jimmy Garoppolo, who started the season as the starter. Minshew might maybe maybe unbiased impress to be an pork up over O’Connell, or a rookie might maybe maybe maybe come in and earn handed the job, however ethical now Pierce wants O’Connell to know he has a gamble to manufacture the title of QB1.