With the Las Vegas Raiders signing Gardner Minshew in free agency and the assumption that the Raiders are targeting a quarterback in the first round of next month’s NFL Draft, Aidan O’Connell remaining the team’s starter seems unlikely. However, head coach Antonio Pierce gave O’Connell a vote of confidence during the league’s annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.
“At the end of the day, listen, Aidan O’Connell played his ass off. He did a helluva job for us,” Pierce said to NFL Network’s Steve Wyche. “You’re talking about a kid that has the mental toughness to play in the National Football League.