Raiders considering several avenues for quarterback upgrade

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HENDERSON, Nev. -- Antonio Pierce wants a quarterback.

Yes, we all heard the Las Vegas Raiders coach call then-rookie Aidan O'Connell his "BFF" after he promoted him and benched veteran Jimmy Garoppolo. And the coach said at the end of the season that O'Connell showed enough in his nine-game audition to compete for a starting gig going forward.

But when Pierce was barnstorming through Radio Row before the Super Bowl last week, he made one thing abundantly clear -- the Raiders need to add a quarterback.

No bridge guys. No band-aids. No journeymen. An honest-to-goodness, face-of-the-franchise QB with whom to grow and cultivate the Raiders' re-found culture and…