The Raiders have a lot going on in the final days of September.
Maxx Crosby and Davante Adams are out this week with injuries, and the team desperately need to bounce back from their embarrassing loss to the Panthers.
Offensive coordinator Luke Getsy is hoping to jumpstart the Raider offense this week, and one of the adjustments he might consider making at some point is a change at quarterback.
ESPN insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano shared their thoughts on the Raiders quarterback situation this week.
“The heat is squarely on Minshew, but his Week 2 upset of Baltimore might be enough to buy him another week,” Fowler wrote this week in an ESPN insider piece. “Still, it’s important to remember that some with the Raiders thought [Aidan] O’Connell had a slight edge coming out of offseason workouts/minicamp, and neither quarterback truly separated himself in the preseason.”
Graziano also thinks the leash on Minshew is probably short.
“When [Gardner] Minshew won a training camp battle with Aidan O’Connell for the starting job, it seemed like you couldn’t rule out the possibility of the two flip-flopping back and forth all season,” Graziano said.
“The Raiders played a lousy game and lost to the Panthers on Sunday, and coach Antonio Pierce was clearly not happy afterward,” he continued. “I’m not saying Minshew was one of the guys Pierce was accusing of making “business decisions” in that game, but he is 24th in QBR (44.1) through three weeks. We often see teams make a change at starting QB just to shake things up, even when it’s not all the quarterback’s fault. I wouldn’t be surprised to see O’Connell starting soon.”
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I did not like it when AP made a wholesale change on the coaching staff that got them to the brink of the playoffs. At least he should have kept Bo Hardegree, because AOC thrived on JM’s abbreviated playbook. AOC could have won the job convincingly. Slowly and incrementally insert the new system if the Raiders decided to hire a real OC then. Keep some of the best part of JM’s playbook.
What Quarterback problem? We don’t have a quarterback period. We have 3 scrubs i don’t consider quality quarterbacks. Try another headliner