For both Aidan O’Connell and Gardner Minshew, splitting first-team reps has been a daily offseason occurrence. For Las Vegas Raiders first-year head coach Antonio Pierce, he expects at some point that one will begin to separate from the other—Vegas’ first unofficial depth chart of the summer makes that message clear.
The quarterback battle may come down to who finds the hot hand in the preseason. It may also come down to investment, as the team signed Minshew to a multi-year deal this spring worth upward of $25 million. All in all, whomever efficiently operates offensive coordinator Luke Getsy’s quick-hitting passing attack the fastest should establish himself as Las Vegas’ starter.
But that may only tell half of the story once the season kicks off.
“There’s pros and cons [to no timeline], but at the end of the day, we get enough reps with both guys and we are all communicating,” Raiders receiver Davante Adams said, per ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez. “We have really open conversations, and we all get reps with all the quarterbacks … and I’m definitely watching at all times, seeing everything and learning how the ball comes out with Gardner versus Aidan.”
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