Las Vegas Raiders quarterbacks Aidan O'Connell and Gardner Minshew II have looked good but not great. A lot of it, though, has to do with them going up against arguably the best defense in the league.
The quarterback competition is far from over, the defense looks like the best in the league and the Raiders have seen a lot of positive surprises from the team overall.
Young players are stepping up and looking to take full advantage of the opportunities they are getting at training camp, whether it be with the first or second teams. We are seeing a team practicing hard and ready to make this season a good one for the silver and black."Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast."
"Let us first talk about the competition between Aidan O'Connell and Gardner Minshew," Carpenter said. "On Wednesday practice, Gardner won. He won it clearly. But when you are defining these two, in the battle, let me tell you what the decision-makers are looking at. ... No. 1, Gardner Minshew has a much more thorough resume of NFL experience. ... No. 2, you have different expectations of people at different levels.
" ... I think both quarterbacks have been good. I do not believe either one has been spectacular any day. ... The facts are the Raiders had the best defense once Antonio Pierce became the head coach. So, every day in practice, they are going up the best defense. ... Neither one has looked spectacular, but they are going up against the best defense. ... No one looked spectacular against them.
" ... The closest advisers to Antonio Pierce are Patrick Graham, Marvin Lewis and Tom Coughlin. If you think for one second, you are throwing interceptions on a regular basis and you are starting on this team, you are nuts. And to Gardner's credit, I have been very impressed with his ball security... Aidan has shown a beautiful deep ball. I mean he had some big throws today."
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