ORLANDO — Rookie Aidan O’Connell went 5-5 because the beginning quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders final season, together with throwing eight landing passes with out an interception over his remaining 4 video games. As such, O’Connell shall be given each alternative this offseason to win the beginning job in 2024.
The Raiders additionally signed veteran Gardner Minshew to a two-year, $25 million take care of $15 million assured in free company to compete for the job, and former Baltimore Ravens backup Anthony Brown can also be on the roster.
However that does not imply the Raiders’ QB1 at present has a locker of their facility.
Not with Raiders coach Antonio Pierce unabashed in his want to discover a franchise passer within the draft. Particularly along with his private connection to LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, whom he initially recruited to Arizona State when he was an assistant coach (2018-21).
Factor is, the Raiders personal the No. 13 general choose, and with Daniels among the many consensus high three QB prospects — together with USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye — buying and selling as much as get Daniels could be an costly if not unattainable job. That is as a result of the groups choosing 1-2-3 all want QBs within the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots.
Pierce went to work on the AFC coaches breakfast through the NFL homeowners conferences right here Monday, giving scouting stories on the following line of quarterbacks coming into the draft.
“We interviewed most of these guys on the mix, had nice conversations with them,” Pierce stated. “J.J. McCarthy, you are speaking a couple of nationwide champ, a winner. So I do not know the way he is not within the high three, if you wish to be sincere. And then you definitely have a look at Bo Nix, I imply, what’s it, 61 profession begins? Come on, man. That is loopy. Performed in opposition to Justin Herbert. So for those who seize a child like that, nicely, he is executed that already. That is sort of cool. However there is a very gifted group, even Michael Penix Jr., taking his guys to the nationwide championship with the College of Washington.
“So, to be sincere, yeah, you need a sure quarterback. You bought your eye on one or two or three, however I do not suppose you may go fallacious with this yr’s draft with any of those guys now. Do they pan out? I do not know. It is the match. It is after they get introduced alongside. It is the system. Lots of issues go into play.”
The cynic would possibly see Pierce imbibing in some critical quarterback gamesmanship, pumping up all of the signal-callers so one falls to the Raiders.
Whilst there’s a thought within the group that there’s a line of demarcation separating Williams, Daniels and Maye from the following wave of QBs, a drop too steep to only merely take any of these QBs at 13. Which brings us again to the Pierce-Daniels connection.
“I assumed he could be a Heisman winner, I did,” Pierce stated with a smile. “That was my recruiting pitch to him. I simply thought it could be the place I used to be at beforehand.
“One factor about him, that I feel separates him from the remaining, is his means to run. He may run, run. He may run like that within the SEC and put up these sort of numbers? I feel that interprets very nicely [to the NFL].”
And that is precisely the sort of quarterback Pierce hated going through in his 9 years taking part in linebacker within the NFL from 2001 to 2009.
“Rattling runner, Michael Vick,” Pierce stated. “Vick. [Donovan] McNabb. All these guys, as a result of it is 11 on 11. I just like the Tom Bradys, the Peyton Mannings of the world. Sit there, throw that marker down, he is nonetheless there. However when that marker began transferring and now I am in protection, do I come out? Do I stick with my man in zone protection? Do I flip my again, go plaster as we name it, discover the closest receiver?
“These guys are at all times tough, man. The blokes that transfer round, Patrick Mahomes, only a thorn, proper? As a result of he extends the play now and it goes from 2.2 seconds to 2.6, 2.7, typically three and 4. That is by no means good for a protection.”
Are you choosing up what Pierce is placing down? As a result of even when the Raiders do draft a QB, there isn’t any assure the rookie will begin immediately. Regardless of his draft slot.
“All of it will depend on the quarterback you get and who that man is,” Pierce stated. “I imply, do you wish to throw him to the hearth? No, I do not suppose that is been one of the best ways. I performed with a man like Eli Manning, first choose general, did not play till Week 8 or 9 his rookie season. Did not develop into a starter till Yr 2. So, a thousand methods to pores and skin a cat. We’ll do what’s greatest for the participant and ourselves going ahead.”
Till then, Pierce gave up to date views on the signal-callers at present on the roster:
On O’Connell: “Would like to see him develop into extra vocal, proper? Is he ever going to develop into a runner? No, not going to occur. That is OK. However there’s different ways in which you are able to do that and transfer round within the pocket. I feel he is executed an excellent job this offseason, being within the constructing, staying within the Las Vegas space and actually engaged on that. So, one factor I would like to see him do is be extra vocal. You do not need the quarterback being a church mouse. I do not want him being a rah-rah man both. However when issues are fallacious, I would like him to repair it and be vocal about it.”
On Minshew: “He is been by way of a number of adversity. We would like that have, as nicely, in right here. So, to me, it was a superb match. And it’s a tradition match.”
On Brown: “Extraordinarily athletic … offers you a unique dynamic. Very cell, very athletic, will get out of the pocket. Good poise about him.”
As Minshew put it, he felt a “nice vitality” within the Raiders constructing, one which Pierce is fostering.
“I am the guardian on the gate,” he stated. Not letting any evil come by way of that constructing.
“You are on the lookout for any individual that desires to come back in that room and be aggressive. Give us that edge. And once more, if it is a rookie, if it is Aidan, if it is Minshew, if it is Brown, we will put the most effective participant on the market that offers us an opportunity to win.”
ORLANDO — Rookie Aidan O’Connell went 5-5 because the beginning quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders final season, together with throwing eight landing passes with out an interception over his remaining 4 video games. As such, O’Connell shall be given each alternative this offseason to win the beginning job in 2024.
The Raiders additionally signed veteran Gardner Minshew to a two-year, $25 million take care of $15 million assured in free company to compete for the job, and former Baltimore Ravens backup Anthony Brown can also be on the roster.
However that does not imply the Raiders’ QB1 at present has a locker of their facility.
Not with Raiders coach Antonio Pierce unabashed in his want to discover a franchise passer within the draft. Particularly along with his private connection to LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, whom he initially recruited to Arizona State when he was an assistant coach (2018-21).
Factor is, the Raiders personal the No. 13 general choose, and with Daniels among the many consensus high three QB prospects — together with USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye — buying and selling as much as get Daniels could be an costly if not unattainable job. That is as a result of the groups choosing 1-2-3 all want QBs within the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots.
Pierce went to work on the AFC coaches breakfast through the NFL homeowners conferences right here Monday, giving scouting stories on the following line of quarterbacks coming into the draft.
“We interviewed most of these guys on the mix, had nice conversations with them,” Pierce stated. “J.J. McCarthy, you are speaking a couple of nationwide champ, a winner. So I do not know the way he is not within the high three, if you wish to be sincere. And then you definitely have a look at Bo Nix, I imply, what’s it, 61 profession begins? Come on, man. That is loopy. Performed in opposition to Justin Herbert. So for those who seize a child like that, nicely, he is executed that already. That is sort of cool. However there is a very gifted group, even Michael Penix Jr., taking his guys to the nationwide championship with the College of Washington.
“So, to be sincere, yeah, you need a sure quarterback. You bought your eye on one or two or three, however I do not suppose you may go fallacious with this yr’s draft with any of those guys now. Do they pan out? I do not know. It is the match. It is after they get introduced alongside. It is the system. Lots of issues go into play.”
The cynic would possibly see Pierce imbibing in some critical quarterback gamesmanship, pumping up all of the signal-callers so one falls to the Raiders.
Whilst there’s a thought within the group that there’s a line of demarcation separating Williams, Daniels and Maye from the following wave of QBs, a drop too steep to only merely take any of these QBs at 13. Which brings us again to the Pierce-Daniels connection.
“I assumed he could be a Heisman winner, I did,” Pierce stated with a smile. “That was my recruiting pitch to him. I simply thought it could be the place I used to be at beforehand.
“One factor about him, that I feel separates him from the remaining, is his means to run. He may run, run. He may run like that within the SEC and put up these sort of numbers? I feel that interprets very nicely [to the NFL].”
And that is precisely the sort of quarterback Pierce hated going through in his 9 years taking part in linebacker within the NFL from 2001 to 2009.
“Rattling runner, Michael Vick,” Pierce stated. “Vick. [Donovan] McNabb. All these guys, as a result of it is 11 on 11. I just like the Tom Bradys, the Peyton Mannings of the world. Sit there, throw that marker down, he is nonetheless there. However when that marker began transferring and now I am in protection, do I come out? Do I stick with my man in zone protection? Do I flip my again, go plaster as we name it, discover the closest receiver?
“These guys are at all times tough, man. The blokes that transfer round, Patrick Mahomes, only a thorn, proper? As a result of he extends the play now and it goes from 2.2 seconds to 2.6, 2.7, typically three and 4. That is by no means good for a protection.”
Are you choosing up what Pierce is placing down? As a result of even when the Raiders do draft a QB, there isn’t any assure the rookie will begin immediately. Regardless of his draft slot.
“All of it will depend on the quarterback you get and who that man is,” Pierce stated. “I imply, do you wish to throw him to the hearth? No, I do not suppose that is been one of the best ways. I performed with a man like Eli Manning, first choose general, did not play till Week 8 or 9 his rookie season. Did not develop into a starter till Yr 2. So, a thousand methods to pores and skin a cat. We’ll do what’s greatest for the participant and ourselves going ahead.”
Till then, Pierce gave up to date views on the signal-callers at present on the roster:
On O’Connell: “Would like to see him develop into extra vocal, proper? Is he ever going to develop into a runner? No, not going to occur. That is OK. However there’s different ways in which you are able to do that and transfer round within the pocket. I feel he is executed an excellent job this offseason, being within the constructing, staying within the Las Vegas space and actually engaged on that. So, one factor I would like to see him do is be extra vocal. You do not need the quarterback being a church mouse. I do not want him being a rah-rah man both. However when issues are fallacious, I would like him to repair it and be vocal about it.”
On Minshew: “He is been by way of a number of adversity. We would like that have, as nicely, in right here. So, to me, it was a superb match. And it’s a tradition match.”
On Brown: “Extraordinarily athletic … offers you a unique dynamic. Very cell, very athletic, will get out of the pocket. Good poise about him.”
As Minshew put it, he felt a “nice vitality” within the Raiders constructing, one which Pierce is fostering.
“I am the guardian on the gate,” he stated. Not letting any evil come by way of that constructing.
“You are on the lookout for any individual that desires to come back in that room and be aggressive. Give us that edge. And once more, if it is a rookie, if it is Aidan, if it is Minshew, if it is Brown, we will put the most effective participant on the market that offers us an opportunity to win.”
ORLANDO — Rookie Aidan O’Connell went 5-5 because the beginning quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders final season, together with throwing eight landing passes with out an interception over his remaining 4 video games. As such, O’Connell shall be given each alternative this offseason to win the beginning job in 2024.
The Raiders additionally signed veteran Gardner Minshew to a two-year, $25 million take care of $15 million assured in free company to compete for the job, and former Baltimore Ravens backup Anthony Brown can also be on the roster.
However that does not imply the Raiders’ QB1 at present has a locker of their facility.
Not with Raiders coach Antonio Pierce unabashed in his want to discover a franchise passer within the draft. Particularly along with his private connection to LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, whom he initially recruited to Arizona State when he was an assistant coach (2018-21).
Factor is, the Raiders personal the No. 13 general choose, and with Daniels among the many consensus high three QB prospects — together with USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye — buying and selling as much as get Daniels could be an costly if not unattainable job. That is as a result of the groups choosing 1-2-3 all want QBs within the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots.
Pierce went to work on the AFC coaches breakfast through the NFL homeowners conferences right here Monday, giving scouting stories on the following line of quarterbacks coming into the draft.
“We interviewed most of these guys on the mix, had nice conversations with them,” Pierce stated. “J.J. McCarthy, you are speaking a couple of nationwide champ, a winner. So I do not know the way he is not within the high three, if you wish to be sincere. And then you definitely have a look at Bo Nix, I imply, what’s it, 61 profession begins? Come on, man. That is loopy. Performed in opposition to Justin Herbert. So for those who seize a child like that, nicely, he is executed that already. That is sort of cool. However there is a very gifted group, even Michael Penix Jr., taking his guys to the nationwide championship with the College of Washington.
“So, to be sincere, yeah, you need a sure quarterback. You bought your eye on one or two or three, however I do not suppose you may go fallacious with this yr’s draft with any of those guys now. Do they pan out? I do not know. It is the match. It is after they get introduced alongside. It is the system. Lots of issues go into play.”
The cynic would possibly see Pierce imbibing in some critical quarterback gamesmanship, pumping up all of the signal-callers so one falls to the Raiders.
Whilst there’s a thought within the group that there’s a line of demarcation separating Williams, Daniels and Maye from the following wave of QBs, a drop too steep to only merely take any of these QBs at 13. Which brings us again to the Pierce-Daniels connection.
“I assumed he could be a Heisman winner, I did,” Pierce stated with a smile. “That was my recruiting pitch to him. I simply thought it could be the place I used to be at beforehand.
“One factor about him, that I feel separates him from the remaining, is his means to run. He may run, run. He may run like that within the SEC and put up these sort of numbers? I feel that interprets very nicely [to the NFL].”
And that is precisely the sort of quarterback Pierce hated going through in his 9 years taking part in linebacker within the NFL from 2001 to 2009.
“Rattling runner, Michael Vick,” Pierce stated. “Vick. [Donovan] McNabb. All these guys, as a result of it is 11 on 11. I just like the Tom Bradys, the Peyton Mannings of the world. Sit there, throw that marker down, he is nonetheless there. However when that marker began transferring and now I am in protection, do I come out? Do I stick with my man in zone protection? Do I flip my again, go plaster as we name it, discover the closest receiver?
“These guys are at all times tough, man. The blokes that transfer round, Patrick Mahomes, only a thorn, proper? As a result of he extends the play now and it goes from 2.2 seconds to 2.6, 2.7, typically three and 4. That is by no means good for a protection.”
Are you choosing up what Pierce is placing down? As a result of even when the Raiders do draft a QB, there isn’t any assure the rookie will begin immediately. Regardless of his draft slot.
“All of it will depend on the quarterback you get and who that man is,” Pierce stated. “I imply, do you wish to throw him to the hearth? No, I do not suppose that is been one of the best ways. I performed with a man like Eli Manning, first choose general, did not play till Week 8 or 9 his rookie season. Did not develop into a starter till Yr 2. So, a thousand methods to pores and skin a cat. We’ll do what’s greatest for the participant and ourselves going ahead.”
Till then, Pierce gave up to date views on the signal-callers at present on the roster:
On O’Connell: “Would like to see him develop into extra vocal, proper? Is he ever going to develop into a runner? No, not going to occur. That is OK. However there’s different ways in which you are able to do that and transfer round within the pocket. I feel he is executed an excellent job this offseason, being within the constructing, staying within the Las Vegas space and actually engaged on that. So, one factor I would like to see him do is be extra vocal. You do not need the quarterback being a church mouse. I do not want him being a rah-rah man both. However when issues are fallacious, I would like him to repair it and be vocal about it.”
On Minshew: “He is been by way of a number of adversity. We would like that have, as nicely, in right here. So, to me, it was a superb match. And it’s a tradition match.”
On Brown: “Extraordinarily athletic … offers you a unique dynamic. Very cell, very athletic, will get out of the pocket. Good poise about him.”
As Minshew put it, he felt a “nice vitality” within the Raiders constructing, one which Pierce is fostering.
“I am the guardian on the gate,” he stated. Not letting any evil come by way of that constructing.
“You are on the lookout for any individual that desires to come back in that room and be aggressive. Give us that edge. And once more, if it is a rookie, if it is Aidan, if it is Minshew, if it is Brown, we will put the most effective participant on the market that offers us an opportunity to win.”
ORLANDO — Rookie Aidan O’Connell went 5-5 because the beginning quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders final season, together with throwing eight landing passes with out an interception over his remaining 4 video games. As such, O’Connell shall be given each alternative this offseason to win the beginning job in 2024.
The Raiders additionally signed veteran Gardner Minshew to a two-year, $25 million take care of $15 million assured in free company to compete for the job, and former Baltimore Ravens backup Anthony Brown can also be on the roster.
However that does not imply the Raiders’ QB1 at present has a locker of their facility.
Not with Raiders coach Antonio Pierce unabashed in his want to discover a franchise passer within the draft. Particularly along with his private connection to LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, whom he initially recruited to Arizona State when he was an assistant coach (2018-21).
Factor is, the Raiders personal the No. 13 general choose, and with Daniels among the many consensus high three QB prospects — together with USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye — buying and selling as much as get Daniels could be an costly if not unattainable job. That is as a result of the groups choosing 1-2-3 all want QBs within the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots.
Pierce went to work on the AFC coaches breakfast through the NFL homeowners conferences right here Monday, giving scouting stories on the following line of quarterbacks coming into the draft.
“We interviewed most of these guys on the mix, had nice conversations with them,” Pierce stated. “J.J. McCarthy, you are speaking a couple of nationwide champ, a winner. So I do not know the way he is not within the high three, if you wish to be sincere. And then you definitely have a look at Bo Nix, I imply, what’s it, 61 profession begins? Come on, man. That is loopy. Performed in opposition to Justin Herbert. So for those who seize a child like that, nicely, he is executed that already. That is sort of cool. However there is a very gifted group, even Michael Penix Jr., taking his guys to the nationwide championship with the College of Washington.
“So, to be sincere, yeah, you need a sure quarterback. You bought your eye on one or two or three, however I do not suppose you may go fallacious with this yr’s draft with any of those guys now. Do they pan out? I do not know. It is the match. It is after they get introduced alongside. It is the system. Lots of issues go into play.”
The cynic would possibly see Pierce imbibing in some critical quarterback gamesmanship, pumping up all of the signal-callers so one falls to the Raiders.
Whilst there’s a thought within the group that there’s a line of demarcation separating Williams, Daniels and Maye from the following wave of QBs, a drop too steep to only merely take any of these QBs at 13. Which brings us again to the Pierce-Daniels connection.
“I assumed he could be a Heisman winner, I did,” Pierce stated with a smile. “That was my recruiting pitch to him. I simply thought it could be the place I used to be at beforehand.
“One factor about him, that I feel separates him from the remaining, is his means to run. He may run, run. He may run like that within the SEC and put up these sort of numbers? I feel that interprets very nicely [to the NFL].”
And that is precisely the sort of quarterback Pierce hated going through in his 9 years taking part in linebacker within the NFL from 2001 to 2009.
“Rattling runner, Michael Vick,” Pierce stated. “Vick. [Donovan] McNabb. All these guys, as a result of it is 11 on 11. I just like the Tom Bradys, the Peyton Mannings of the world. Sit there, throw that marker down, he is nonetheless there. However when that marker began transferring and now I am in protection, do I come out? Do I stick with my man in zone protection? Do I flip my again, go plaster as we name it, discover the closest receiver?
“These guys are at all times tough, man. The blokes that transfer round, Patrick Mahomes, only a thorn, proper? As a result of he extends the play now and it goes from 2.2 seconds to 2.6, 2.7, typically three and 4. That is by no means good for a protection.”
Are you choosing up what Pierce is placing down? As a result of even when the Raiders do draft a QB, there isn’t any assure the rookie will begin immediately. Regardless of his draft slot.
“All of it will depend on the quarterback you get and who that man is,” Pierce stated. “I imply, do you wish to throw him to the hearth? No, I do not suppose that is been one of the best ways. I performed with a man like Eli Manning, first choose general, did not play till Week 8 or 9 his rookie season. Did not develop into a starter till Yr 2. So, a thousand methods to pores and skin a cat. We’ll do what’s greatest for the participant and ourselves going ahead.”
Till then, Pierce gave up to date views on the signal-callers at present on the roster:
On O’Connell: “Would like to see him develop into extra vocal, proper? Is he ever going to develop into a runner? No, not going to occur. That is OK. However there’s different ways in which you are able to do that and transfer round within the pocket. I feel he is executed an excellent job this offseason, being within the constructing, staying within the Las Vegas space and actually engaged on that. So, one factor I would like to see him do is be extra vocal. You do not need the quarterback being a church mouse. I do not want him being a rah-rah man both. However when issues are fallacious, I would like him to repair it and be vocal about it.”
On Minshew: “He is been by way of a number of adversity. We would like that have, as nicely, in right here. So, to me, it was a superb match. And it’s a tradition match.”
On Brown: “Extraordinarily athletic … offers you a unique dynamic. Very cell, very athletic, will get out of the pocket. Good poise about him.”
As Minshew put it, he felt a “nice vitality” within the Raiders constructing, one which Pierce is fostering.
“I am the guardian on the gate,” he stated. Not letting any evil come by way of that constructing.
“You are on the lookout for any individual that desires to come back in that room and be aggressive. Give us that edge. And once more, if it is a rookie, if it is Aidan, if it is Minshew, if it is Brown, we will put the most effective participant on the market that offers us an opportunity to win.”
ORLANDO — Rookie Aidan O’Connell went 5-5 because the beginning quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders final season, together with throwing eight landing passes with out an interception over his remaining 4 video games. As such, O’Connell shall be given each alternative this offseason to win the beginning job in 2024.
The Raiders additionally signed veteran Gardner Minshew to a two-year, $25 million take care of $15 million assured in free company to compete for the job, and former Baltimore Ravens backup Anthony Brown can also be on the roster.
However that does not imply the Raiders’ QB1 at present has a locker of their facility.
Not with Raiders coach Antonio Pierce unabashed in his want to discover a franchise passer within the draft. Particularly along with his private connection to LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, whom he initially recruited to Arizona State when he was an assistant coach (2018-21).
Factor is, the Raiders personal the No. 13 general choose, and with Daniels among the many consensus high three QB prospects — together with USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye — buying and selling as much as get Daniels could be an costly if not unattainable job. That is as a result of the groups choosing 1-2-3 all want QBs within the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots.
Pierce went to work on the AFC coaches breakfast through the NFL homeowners conferences right here Monday, giving scouting stories on the following line of quarterbacks coming into the draft.
“We interviewed most of these guys on the mix, had nice conversations with them,” Pierce stated. “J.J. McCarthy, you are speaking a couple of nationwide champ, a winner. So I do not know the way he is not within the high three, if you wish to be sincere. And then you definitely have a look at Bo Nix, I imply, what’s it, 61 profession begins? Come on, man. That is loopy. Performed in opposition to Justin Herbert. So for those who seize a child like that, nicely, he is executed that already. That is sort of cool. However there is a very gifted group, even Michael Penix Jr., taking his guys to the nationwide championship with the College of Washington.
“So, to be sincere, yeah, you need a sure quarterback. You bought your eye on one or two or three, however I do not suppose you may go fallacious with this yr’s draft with any of those guys now. Do they pan out? I do not know. It is the match. It is after they get introduced alongside. It is the system. Lots of issues go into play.”
The cynic would possibly see Pierce imbibing in some critical quarterback gamesmanship, pumping up all of the signal-callers so one falls to the Raiders.
Whilst there’s a thought within the group that there’s a line of demarcation separating Williams, Daniels and Maye from the following wave of QBs, a drop too steep to only merely take any of these QBs at 13. Which brings us again to the Pierce-Daniels connection.
“I assumed he could be a Heisman winner, I did,” Pierce stated with a smile. “That was my recruiting pitch to him. I simply thought it could be the place I used to be at beforehand.
“One factor about him, that I feel separates him from the remaining, is his means to run. He may run, run. He may run like that within the SEC and put up these sort of numbers? I feel that interprets very nicely [to the NFL].”
And that is precisely the sort of quarterback Pierce hated going through in his 9 years taking part in linebacker within the NFL from 2001 to 2009.
“Rattling runner, Michael Vick,” Pierce stated. “Vick. [Donovan] McNabb. All these guys, as a result of it is 11 on 11. I just like the Tom Bradys, the Peyton Mannings of the world. Sit there, throw that marker down, he is nonetheless there. However when that marker began transferring and now I am in protection, do I come out? Do I stick with my man in zone protection? Do I flip my again, go plaster as we name it, discover the closest receiver?
“These guys are at all times tough, man. The blokes that transfer round, Patrick Mahomes, only a thorn, proper? As a result of he extends the play now and it goes from 2.2 seconds to 2.6, 2.7, typically three and 4. That is by no means good for a protection.”
Are you choosing up what Pierce is placing down? As a result of even when the Raiders do draft a QB, there isn’t any assure the rookie will begin immediately. Regardless of his draft slot.
“All of it will depend on the quarterback you get and who that man is,” Pierce stated. “I imply, do you wish to throw him to the hearth? No, I do not suppose that is been one of the best ways. I performed with a man like Eli Manning, first choose general, did not play till Week 8 or 9 his rookie season. Did not develop into a starter till Yr 2. So, a thousand methods to pores and skin a cat. We’ll do what’s greatest for the participant and ourselves going ahead.”
Till then, Pierce gave up to date views on the signal-callers at present on the roster:
On O’Connell: “Would like to see him develop into extra vocal, proper? Is he ever going to develop into a runner? No, not going to occur. That is OK. However there’s different ways in which you are able to do that and transfer round within the pocket. I feel he is executed an excellent job this offseason, being within the constructing, staying within the Las Vegas space and actually engaged on that. So, one factor I would like to see him do is be extra vocal. You do not need the quarterback being a church mouse. I do not want him being a rah-rah man both. However when issues are fallacious, I would like him to repair it and be vocal about it.”
On Minshew: “He is been by way of a number of adversity. We would like that have, as nicely, in right here. So, to me, it was a superb match. And it’s a tradition match.”
On Brown: “Extraordinarily athletic … offers you a unique dynamic. Very cell, very athletic, will get out of the pocket. Good poise about him.”
As Minshew put it, he felt a “nice vitality” within the Raiders constructing, one which Pierce is fostering.
“I am the guardian on the gate,” he stated. Not letting any evil come by way of that constructing.
“You are on the lookout for any individual that desires to come back in that room and be aggressive. Give us that edge. And once more, if it is a rookie, if it is Aidan, if it is Minshew, if it is Brown, we will put the most effective participant on the market that offers us an opportunity to win.”
ORLANDO — Rookie Aidan O’Connell went 5-5 because the beginning quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders final season, together with throwing eight landing passes with out an interception over his remaining 4 video games. As such, O’Connell shall be given each alternative this offseason to win the beginning job in 2024.
The Raiders additionally signed veteran Gardner Minshew to a two-year, $25 million take care of $15 million assured in free company to compete for the job, and former Baltimore Ravens backup Anthony Brown can also be on the roster.
However that does not imply the Raiders’ QB1 at present has a locker of their facility.
Not with Raiders coach Antonio Pierce unabashed in his want to discover a franchise passer within the draft. Particularly along with his private connection to LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, whom he initially recruited to Arizona State when he was an assistant coach (2018-21).
Factor is, the Raiders personal the No. 13 general choose, and with Daniels among the many consensus high three QB prospects — together with USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye — buying and selling as much as get Daniels could be an costly if not unattainable job. That is as a result of the groups choosing 1-2-3 all want QBs within the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots.
Pierce went to work on the AFC coaches breakfast through the NFL homeowners conferences right here Monday, giving scouting stories on the following line of quarterbacks coming into the draft.
“We interviewed most of these guys on the mix, had nice conversations with them,” Pierce stated. “J.J. McCarthy, you are speaking a couple of nationwide champ, a winner. So I do not know the way he is not within the high three, if you wish to be sincere. And then you definitely have a look at Bo Nix, I imply, what’s it, 61 profession begins? Come on, man. That is loopy. Performed in opposition to Justin Herbert. So for those who seize a child like that, nicely, he is executed that already. That is sort of cool. However there is a very gifted group, even Michael Penix Jr., taking his guys to the nationwide championship with the College of Washington.
“So, to be sincere, yeah, you need a sure quarterback. You bought your eye on one or two or three, however I do not suppose you may go fallacious with this yr’s draft with any of those guys now. Do they pan out? I do not know. It is the match. It is after they get introduced alongside. It is the system. Lots of issues go into play.”
The cynic would possibly see Pierce imbibing in some critical quarterback gamesmanship, pumping up all of the signal-callers so one falls to the Raiders.
Whilst there’s a thought within the group that there’s a line of demarcation separating Williams, Daniels and Maye from the following wave of QBs, a drop too steep to only merely take any of these QBs at 13. Which brings us again to the Pierce-Daniels connection.
“I assumed he could be a Heisman winner, I did,” Pierce stated with a smile. “That was my recruiting pitch to him. I simply thought it could be the place I used to be at beforehand.
“One factor about him, that I feel separates him from the remaining, is his means to run. He may run, run. He may run like that within the SEC and put up these sort of numbers? I feel that interprets very nicely [to the NFL].”
And that is precisely the sort of quarterback Pierce hated going through in his 9 years taking part in linebacker within the NFL from 2001 to 2009.
“Rattling runner, Michael Vick,” Pierce stated. “Vick. [Donovan] McNabb. All these guys, as a result of it is 11 on 11. I just like the Tom Bradys, the Peyton Mannings of the world. Sit there, throw that marker down, he is nonetheless there. However when that marker began transferring and now I am in protection, do I come out? Do I stick with my man in zone protection? Do I flip my again, go plaster as we name it, discover the closest receiver?
“These guys are at all times tough, man. The blokes that transfer round, Patrick Mahomes, only a thorn, proper? As a result of he extends the play now and it goes from 2.2 seconds to 2.6, 2.7, typically three and 4. That is by no means good for a protection.”
Are you choosing up what Pierce is placing down? As a result of even when the Raiders do draft a QB, there isn’t any assure the rookie will begin immediately. Regardless of his draft slot.
“All of it will depend on the quarterback you get and who that man is,” Pierce stated. “I imply, do you wish to throw him to the hearth? No, I do not suppose that is been one of the best ways. I performed with a man like Eli Manning, first choose general, did not play till Week 8 or 9 his rookie season. Did not develop into a starter till Yr 2. So, a thousand methods to pores and skin a cat. We’ll do what’s greatest for the participant and ourselves going ahead.”
Till then, Pierce gave up to date views on the signal-callers at present on the roster:
On O’Connell: “Would like to see him develop into extra vocal, proper? Is he ever going to develop into a runner? No, not going to occur. That is OK. However there’s different ways in which you are able to do that and transfer round within the pocket. I feel he is executed an excellent job this offseason, being within the constructing, staying within the Las Vegas space and actually engaged on that. So, one factor I would like to see him do is be extra vocal. You do not need the quarterback being a church mouse. I do not want him being a rah-rah man both. However when issues are fallacious, I would like him to repair it and be vocal about it.”
On Minshew: “He is been by way of a number of adversity. We would like that have, as nicely, in right here. So, to me, it was a superb match. And it’s a tradition match.”
On Brown: “Extraordinarily athletic … offers you a unique dynamic. Very cell, very athletic, will get out of the pocket. Good poise about him.”
As Minshew put it, he felt a “nice vitality” within the Raiders constructing, one which Pierce is fostering.
“I am the guardian on the gate,” he stated. Not letting any evil come by way of that constructing.
“You are on the lookout for any individual that desires to come back in that room and be aggressive. Give us that edge. And once more, if it is a rookie, if it is Aidan, if it is Minshew, if it is Brown, we will put the most effective participant on the market that offers us an opportunity to win.”
ORLANDO — Rookie Aidan O’Connell went 5-5 because the beginning quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders final season, together with throwing eight landing passes with out an interception over his remaining 4 video games. As such, O’Connell shall be given each alternative this offseason to win the beginning job in 2024.
The Raiders additionally signed veteran Gardner Minshew to a two-year, $25 million take care of $15 million assured in free company to compete for the job, and former Baltimore Ravens backup Anthony Brown can also be on the roster.
However that does not imply the Raiders’ QB1 at present has a locker of their facility.
Not with Raiders coach Antonio Pierce unabashed in his want to discover a franchise passer within the draft. Particularly along with his private connection to LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, whom he initially recruited to Arizona State when he was an assistant coach (2018-21).
Factor is, the Raiders personal the No. 13 general choose, and with Daniels among the many consensus high three QB prospects — together with USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye — buying and selling as much as get Daniels could be an costly if not unattainable job. That is as a result of the groups choosing 1-2-3 all want QBs within the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots.
Pierce went to work on the AFC coaches breakfast through the NFL homeowners conferences right here Monday, giving scouting stories on the following line of quarterbacks coming into the draft.
“We interviewed most of these guys on the mix, had nice conversations with them,” Pierce stated. “J.J. McCarthy, you are speaking a couple of nationwide champ, a winner. So I do not know the way he is not within the high three, if you wish to be sincere. And then you definitely have a look at Bo Nix, I imply, what’s it, 61 profession begins? Come on, man. That is loopy. Performed in opposition to Justin Herbert. So for those who seize a child like that, nicely, he is executed that already. That is sort of cool. However there is a very gifted group, even Michael Penix Jr., taking his guys to the nationwide championship with the College of Washington.
“So, to be sincere, yeah, you need a sure quarterback. You bought your eye on one or two or three, however I do not suppose you may go fallacious with this yr’s draft with any of those guys now. Do they pan out? I do not know. It is the match. It is after they get introduced alongside. It is the system. Lots of issues go into play.”
The cynic would possibly see Pierce imbibing in some critical quarterback gamesmanship, pumping up all of the signal-callers so one falls to the Raiders.
Whilst there’s a thought within the group that there’s a line of demarcation separating Williams, Daniels and Maye from the following wave of QBs, a drop too steep to only merely take any of these QBs at 13. Which brings us again to the Pierce-Daniels connection.
“I assumed he could be a Heisman winner, I did,” Pierce stated with a smile. “That was my recruiting pitch to him. I simply thought it could be the place I used to be at beforehand.
“One factor about him, that I feel separates him from the remaining, is his means to run. He may run, run. He may run like that within the SEC and put up these sort of numbers? I feel that interprets very nicely [to the NFL].”
And that is precisely the sort of quarterback Pierce hated going through in his 9 years taking part in linebacker within the NFL from 2001 to 2009.
“Rattling runner, Michael Vick,” Pierce stated. “Vick. [Donovan] McNabb. All these guys, as a result of it is 11 on 11. I just like the Tom Bradys, the Peyton Mannings of the world. Sit there, throw that marker down, he is nonetheless there. However when that marker began transferring and now I am in protection, do I come out? Do I stick with my man in zone protection? Do I flip my again, go plaster as we name it, discover the closest receiver?
“These guys are at all times tough, man. The blokes that transfer round, Patrick Mahomes, only a thorn, proper? As a result of he extends the play now and it goes from 2.2 seconds to 2.6, 2.7, typically three and 4. That is by no means good for a protection.”
Are you choosing up what Pierce is placing down? As a result of even when the Raiders do draft a QB, there isn’t any assure the rookie will begin immediately. Regardless of his draft slot.
“All of it will depend on the quarterback you get and who that man is,” Pierce stated. “I imply, do you wish to throw him to the hearth? No, I do not suppose that is been one of the best ways. I performed with a man like Eli Manning, first choose general, did not play till Week 8 or 9 his rookie season. Did not develop into a starter till Yr 2. So, a thousand methods to pores and skin a cat. We’ll do what’s greatest for the participant and ourselves going ahead.”
Till then, Pierce gave up to date views on the signal-callers at present on the roster:
On O’Connell: “Would like to see him develop into extra vocal, proper? Is he ever going to develop into a runner? No, not going to occur. That is OK. However there’s different ways in which you are able to do that and transfer round within the pocket. I feel he is executed an excellent job this offseason, being within the constructing, staying within the Las Vegas space and actually engaged on that. So, one factor I would like to see him do is be extra vocal. You do not need the quarterback being a church mouse. I do not want him being a rah-rah man both. However when issues are fallacious, I would like him to repair it and be vocal about it.”
On Minshew: “He is been by way of a number of adversity. We would like that have, as nicely, in right here. So, to me, it was a superb match. And it’s a tradition match.”
On Brown: “Extraordinarily athletic … offers you a unique dynamic. Very cell, very athletic, will get out of the pocket. Good poise about him.”
As Minshew put it, he felt a “nice vitality” within the Raiders constructing, one which Pierce is fostering.
“I am the guardian on the gate,” he stated. Not letting any evil come by way of that constructing.
“You are on the lookout for any individual that desires to come back in that room and be aggressive. Give us that edge. And once more, if it is a rookie, if it is Aidan, if it is Minshew, if it is Brown, we will put the most effective participant on the market that offers us an opportunity to win.”
ORLANDO — Rookie Aidan O’Connell went 5-5 because the beginning quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders final season, together with throwing eight landing passes with out an interception over his remaining 4 video games. As such, O’Connell shall be given each alternative this offseason to win the beginning job in 2024.
The Raiders additionally signed veteran Gardner Minshew to a two-year, $25 million take care of $15 million assured in free company to compete for the job, and former Baltimore Ravens backup Anthony Brown can also be on the roster.
However that does not imply the Raiders’ QB1 at present has a locker of their facility.
Not with Raiders coach Antonio Pierce unabashed in his want to discover a franchise passer within the draft. Particularly along with his private connection to LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, whom he initially recruited to Arizona State when he was an assistant coach (2018-21).
Factor is, the Raiders personal the No. 13 general choose, and with Daniels among the many consensus high three QB prospects — together with USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye — buying and selling as much as get Daniels could be an costly if not unattainable job. That is as a result of the groups choosing 1-2-3 all want QBs within the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots.
Pierce went to work on the AFC coaches breakfast through the NFL homeowners conferences right here Monday, giving scouting stories on the following line of quarterbacks coming into the draft.
“We interviewed most of these guys on the mix, had nice conversations with them,” Pierce stated. “J.J. McCarthy, you are speaking a couple of nationwide champ, a winner. So I do not know the way he is not within the high three, if you wish to be sincere. And then you definitely have a look at Bo Nix, I imply, what’s it, 61 profession begins? Come on, man. That is loopy. Performed in opposition to Justin Herbert. So for those who seize a child like that, nicely, he is executed that already. That is sort of cool. However there is a very gifted group, even Michael Penix Jr., taking his guys to the nationwide championship with the College of Washington.
“So, to be sincere, yeah, you need a sure quarterback. You bought your eye on one or two or three, however I do not suppose you may go fallacious with this yr’s draft with any of those guys now. Do they pan out? I do not know. It is the match. It is after they get introduced alongside. It is the system. Lots of issues go into play.”
The cynic would possibly see Pierce imbibing in some critical quarterback gamesmanship, pumping up all of the signal-callers so one falls to the Raiders.
Whilst there’s a thought within the group that there’s a line of demarcation separating Williams, Daniels and Maye from the following wave of QBs, a drop too steep to only merely take any of these QBs at 13. Which brings us again to the Pierce-Daniels connection.
“I assumed he could be a Heisman winner, I did,” Pierce stated with a smile. “That was my recruiting pitch to him. I simply thought it could be the place I used to be at beforehand.
“One factor about him, that I feel separates him from the remaining, is his means to run. He may run, run. He may run like that within the SEC and put up these sort of numbers? I feel that interprets very nicely [to the NFL].”
And that is precisely the sort of quarterback Pierce hated going through in his 9 years taking part in linebacker within the NFL from 2001 to 2009.
“Rattling runner, Michael Vick,” Pierce stated. “Vick. [Donovan] McNabb. All these guys, as a result of it is 11 on 11. I just like the Tom Bradys, the Peyton Mannings of the world. Sit there, throw that marker down, he is nonetheless there. However when that marker began transferring and now I am in protection, do I come out? Do I stick with my man in zone protection? Do I flip my again, go plaster as we name it, discover the closest receiver?
“These guys are at all times tough, man. The blokes that transfer round, Patrick Mahomes, only a thorn, proper? As a result of he extends the play now and it goes from 2.2 seconds to 2.6, 2.7, typically three and 4. That is by no means good for a protection.”
Are you choosing up what Pierce is placing down? As a result of even when the Raiders do draft a QB, there isn’t any assure the rookie will begin immediately. Regardless of his draft slot.
“All of it will depend on the quarterback you get and who that man is,” Pierce stated. “I imply, do you wish to throw him to the hearth? No, I do not suppose that is been one of the best ways. I performed with a man like Eli Manning, first choose general, did not play till Week 8 or 9 his rookie season. Did not develop into a starter till Yr 2. So, a thousand methods to pores and skin a cat. We’ll do what’s greatest for the participant and ourselves going ahead.”
Till then, Pierce gave up to date views on the signal-callers at present on the roster:
On O’Connell: “Would like to see him develop into extra vocal, proper? Is he ever going to develop into a runner? No, not going to occur. That is OK. However there’s different ways in which you are able to do that and transfer round within the pocket. I feel he is executed an excellent job this offseason, being within the constructing, staying within the Las Vegas space and actually engaged on that. So, one factor I would like to see him do is be extra vocal. You do not need the quarterback being a church mouse. I do not want him being a rah-rah man both. However when issues are fallacious, I would like him to repair it and be vocal about it.”
On Minshew: “He is been by way of a number of adversity. We would like that have, as nicely, in right here. So, to me, it was a superb match. And it’s a tradition match.”
On Brown: “Extraordinarily athletic … offers you a unique dynamic. Very cell, very athletic, will get out of the pocket. Good poise about him.”
As Minshew put it, he felt a “nice vitality” within the Raiders constructing, one which Pierce is fostering.
“I am the guardian on the gate,” he stated. Not letting any evil come by way of that constructing.
“You are on the lookout for any individual that desires to come back in that room and be aggressive. Give us that edge. And once more, if it is a rookie, if it is Aidan, if it is Minshew, if it is Brown, we will put the most effective participant on the market that offers us an opportunity to win.”