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Raiders name rookie QB Aidan O'Connell starting QB going forward


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3 minutes ago, NickButera said:

Give O'Connell 3 games and he'll be worlds better than Jimmy. I doubt he'll be the answer moving forward, but after 9 games we'll know for certain either way. 

This.  If it goes well, you still take one of the top QB prospects.  Use O'Connell as trade bait going forward.  If it goes bad, no need to trade up to get a top QB prospect.  Win win.  

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Good move for interim coach Antonio Pierce, appeases the fans and buys time and I think maybe if he can get O'Connell to play well he'll look like a genius against the McDaniels coaching team.

If he can turn O'Connell into a decent starter by years end then that is going to be a huge, huge feather in his cap when he puts his hand up for the real Head Coaching job.

He basically has no downside really from naming AOC the starter. If he'd have named Garoppolo the starter it may have been anarchy 😁

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