HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is within the NFL’s concussion protocol later taking a number of hits in Sunday night time’s 23-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, placing his availability for this presen’s recreation on the Los Angeles Chargers in query.

Raiders tutor Josh McDaniels mentioned Monday he was once now not certain when Garoppolo suffered the concussion and had but to speak to the quarterback. And day Garoppolo by no means left the sport because of a head shock, he did tug a accident to the helmet from Steelers protection Minkah Fitzpatrick that ended with Garoppolo’s head bouncing off the grass with lower than 7 mins to play games.

Garoppolo, regardless that, threw a landing cross to Davante Adams two snaps upcoming and later transformed a two-point conversion cross and not left the sport or was once tested for a concussion all over it.

“I’m not even sure what hit or if it was just an accumulation of [hits], I have no idea,” McDaniels mentioned. “There was never a conversation about that, so I’m not sure, exactly, and I haven’t seen him yet this morning, so I’m not exactly sure when it took place, or if it was just a culmination of things.”

Garoppolo took a number of hits and was once sacked 4 instances as he finished 28 of 44 cross makes an attempt for 324 yards and two TDs with 3 interceptions. He leads the NFL with six INTs.

Garoppolo was once scheduled to talk on the podium following the sport ahead of it was once introduced he would now not attend as he was once being evaluated for a concussion, later he have been within the warehouse room.

If Garoppolo, signed to a three-year, $72.75 million free-agent guarantee this offseason by means of Las Vegas to interchange nine-year starter Derek Carr, can not play games on the Chargers, the Raiders must get started both Fifteenth-year veteran Brian Hoyer or rookie Aidan O’Connell, who has but to be energetic for a habitual season recreation.

“We’ll prepare for everybody,” McDaniels mentioned. “Obviously, that would change things relative to Aidan, also, if Jimmy was not able to progress through the protocol to be able to play. So, we’ll have to manage that situation best we can as it progresses through the week.”

Requested if there may well be extra price in enjoying a rookie for the heavy image than a veteran if Garoppolo may now not advance, McDaniels shrugged.

“We’ll try to do the right thing for the team this week, for sure,” McDaniels mentioned. “No matter what it is, whatever that ultimately ends up being. We’re not going to use this like it would be a preseason game, you know what I mean? So, if the best thing for the team would be to do something down that road, then we would discuss that and consider it. But we haven’t begun those conversations yet. We will, obviously, today.”