On Sunday the Las Vegas Raiders lost to the Los Angeles Rams 20-15 in a game that saw the Raiders have a chance to win it on the final drive of the game. However, backup quarterback Gardner Minshew threw his third interception of the day to a Rams defender to seal the game for Los Angeles.
That has widely been the story of the season -- turnovers, among other things. The Raiders cannot get out of their own way, especially at the quarterback position. Usually, when play like that happens, a team will bench the quarterback who keeps giving the ball to the other team.
In this case, the Raiders couldn't do that. Aidan O'Connell started the game for the Raiders but had to leave when his thumb was hit by a defender. He is feared to have broken his thumb. That's when Minshew was put in the game.
With quarterback Carter Bradley on the practice squad, he cannot serve as the emergency quarterback. The next emergency quarterback was wide receiver Jakobi Meyers, who was listed as out. So, I'm not quite sure what they would have ended up doing.
Now the question turns to O'Connell, and if he will be able to come back this season. As of right now, we have no idea until more tests come out and head coach Antonio Pierce provides us with that information.
But what we do have is O'Connell telling us his own personal injury update.
"It hurts," O'Connell said after the game.
He didn't budge on what he thought it would be, or, he genuinely doesn't know. But, it's grown very obvious that O'Connell was always the right decision for the job because he gives the ball to the other team far less than Minshew does.
So, they are either stuck with Minshew for a while, or they will go and get another quarterback. Either way, the Raiders now have to get ready for two tough games coming up on their schedule against the Kansas City Chiefs and then the Cincinnati Bengals before they go back to playing a team that is struggling in the Miami Dolphins.
