The Las Vegas Raiders might be with out their beginning quarterback for a bit.
Aidan O’Connell suffered a fractured thumb in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams and can miss four-to-six weeks after present process exams, NFL Media reported Monday. O’Connell appeared to undergo the damage within the first quarter when Rams security Kamren Curl hit his hand as he adopted via on a go. The quarterback remained within the sport for yet another play, finishing a 10-yard go to DJ Turner on third-and-21.
“I threw it, and it did not really feel nice,” O’Connell instructed reporters of his damage after the sport. “I attempted to powerful it out however, yeah, it doesn’t really feel nice.”
O’Connell, who turned the Raiders’ beginning quarterback once more in Week 6, was “hoping for excellent news” after the sport, however acknowledged that he might miss time as his thumb was “throbbing.”
“Tremendous unlucky,” O’Connell mentioned. “I used to be actually trying ahead to immediately and this chance, and so for it to be minimize quick like that was undoubtedly laborious.”
Previous to the damage, O’Connell accomplished 6 of 10 passes for 52 yards over two drives. He is accomplished 63.4% of his passes this season for 455 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions over 4 video games, making two begins and changing a struggling Gardner Minshew for the opposite two.
As a rookie in 2023, O’Connell, a fourth-round decide, threw for two,218 yards, 12 touchdowns and 7 interceptions over 11 video games, making 10 begins. Las Vegas went 5-5 over the ten video games O’Connell began.
The Raiders opted to signal Minshew after the season and made him the starter following the preseason. Nonetheless, Minshew was benched after the Raiders went 2-3 of their first 5 video games. The veteran threw three interceptions in Sunday’s loss, giving him a league-high eight interceptions on the season. He is additionally thrown for 1,168 yards and 4 touchdowns this season.
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