With Garoppolo in concussion protocol, the Raiders' options are the 38-year-old Hoyer and O'Connell, a fourth-rounder who flashed in the preseason.
: The Raiders drafted O'Connell, who passed for 9,219 yards and 65 touchdown passes during his career at Purdue, to sling the rock. Even if the plan was for him to sit and learn at the knee of Garoppolo. Thing is, O'Connell's biggest perceived weakness -- his inexperience -- turned out to be his biggest strength in the preseason.
O'Connell played fearlessly, as if he did not know he was supposed to be intimidated. He completed 69.4% of his throws for 482 yards and three touchdown passes without an interception in three exhibitions and looked every bit a future NFL starter. In fact, he looked better than every other NFL rookie QB in the preseason and Raiders fans wondered how and why O'Connell did not win the No. 2 spot of out camp. Yeah, he's that popular with a weary fan base.
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