Gardner Minshew vs. Aidan O'Connell: Raiders fans torn on QB decision

The Las Vegas Raiders have ended an offseason-long competition at quarterback between Gardner Minshew and Aidan O'Connell after the team officially made Minshew the starter for the start of the regular season.

While both quarterbacks were, by all accounts, neck-and-neck throughout, they also both struggled, which didn't instill much confidence that either one can be good enough to take this team to where it wants to go.

Every time it seemed like one of the two began to take a step forward, they would take two steps back, much like we saw in preseason Week 2 when O'Connell threw a pick-six following what was the lone touchdown drive for Las Vegas' starting QB competitors.

"I think everybody wants to see a player just take it and say, 'Hey, I'm your guy,'" head coach Antonio Pierce said after preseason Week 2 . "Obviously, probably not the case, so we're going to have to make a decision and we're going to live with it and we're going to support whoever that quarterback is for the Raiders going forward."

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Truth be told, neither quarterback would have been a surprise, but we did think that O'Connell should get the nod first.

After all, he presents an opportunity at upside as he enters his second season in the NFL, while Minshew's story is already written and we know what he is, which is a very good backup and a serviceable starter, at best.

Scrolling through social media, it's clear that there were plenty of Raiders fans who were torn about the decision, while others were much more definitive.