NFL Insider Gives Opinion on Raiders' Quarterback Room

The Las Vegas Raiders are so close to their first preseason game, and it's going to be an important one. The Raiders are currently in the midst of a quarterback competition.

Either Gardner Minshew or Aidan O'Connell could win the job, but neither of them have done much to seperate themselves from the other. Although the battle has waged on throughout camp, the Raiders haven't gotten any further from where they've started.

However, it's not all bad news. NFL insider Gregg Rosenthal recently made an appearance on the 'J.T. The Brick Show', and gave his thoughts on Las Vegas' two top options at quarterback.

Starting with O'Connell:

“I thought you saw it today. Aiden O’Connell just doesn’t look confident... I went into this training camp thinking he was good for a rookie. I know he’s an older rookie, but I went back and watched some of those games, the Indianapolis game, the first Kansas City game. He made a lot of high level throws, didn’t make too many mistakes. I thought his arm was a little better than I saw here today. And I think that it was, he was not comfortable yet in this scheme, which makes sense. He’s going against a good defense.”

Here, Rosenthal mentions O'Connell has done some good things, while not feeling entirely confident yet. This is impressive, as O'Connell has had some good moments and good tendencies , as Rosenthal mentioned.

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Rosenthal also had some words for Minshew:

“Minshew is a guy who’s always been a better player than he is practice player... I can’t tell you how many teams and camps I’ve talked to where the coaches never really like Gardner Minshew, but then he gets on the field and then they like Gardner Minshew in a game situation.”

Here, Rosenthal gives more hope for Raiders fans. Minshew hasn't really excelled during camp, but here Rosenthal mentions that he usually performs better in games, anyway.