With Jimmy Garoppolo out with a concussion, the Las Vegas Raiders are slated to start out rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell for his or her Hour 4 matchup towards the Los Angeles Chargers, according to NFL Media. 

The one hundred and thirty fifth general pick out in April’s draft, O’Connell has but to snatch a snap in a ordinary season sport. He performed neatly all the way through the preseason, alternatively, eminent the Raiders with 482 passing yards (with a 69.4 p.c finishing touch proportion) and 3 touchdowns with an 108.4 quarterback score. 

The 25-year-old O’Connell performed collegiately at Purdue, the place he used to be the crew’s starter the former two seasons. Right through that span, O’Connell threw 50 touchdowns towards 14 interceptions and finished 67.7 p.c of his passes. His cast play games all the way through the 2021 season incorporated his 535-yard, 5 landing efficiency in Purdue’s 48-45 win over Tennessee within the Tune Town Bowl. 

O’Connell will breaking in a Raiders offense this is simply twenty ninth within the NFL in scoring via 3 video games. The working sport has been a significant factor, as Las Vegas is latter within the league in yards received at the garden and are nonetheless searching for their first speeding landing of the season. 

The Raiders are proceeding to obtain high-level play games from broad receiver Davante Adams, who stuck 13 passes for 172 yards and two rankings all the way through the crew’s Hour 3 loss to Pittsburgh. Adams is simply 41 yards clear of attaining 10,000 occupation receiving yards.