The Las Vegas Raiders‘ no good, very unhealthy season simply received a lot worse.
Quarterback Gardner Minshew left Sunday’s, 29-19, loss to the Denver Broncos with a severe damage, confirmed to be a season-ending damaged collarbone after the sport.
Minshew began the season below middle for Las Vegas earlier than being benched for backup Aidan O’Connell in Week 6.
O’Connell then suffered a fractured thumb early in Week 7, with Minshew being known as again into obligation mid-game. However the sixth-year veteran was benched once again in Week 10, this time for backup Desmond Ridder, within the midst of a, 41-24, blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Minshew returned below middle in Week 11 as the named starter and stored the job till his unlucky damage throughout the group’s Week 12 loss Sunday.
With Las Vegas now down two quarterbacks, head coach Antonio Pierce might method basic supervisor Tom Telesco to discover a new passer as an alternative of reverting to Ridder.
Effectively, one starting-caliber quarterback can be coming into the market on Monday and could possibly be the proper match.
Daniel Jones, waived by the New York Giants over the weekend, has been related to a number of groups (h/t Ian Rapoport) together with Las Vegas.
Jones has made it recognized he needs to play for a contender and Rapoport notes San Francisco and Baltimore are among the many different groups .
However Las Vegas would supply the 27-year outdated a chance to audition for the full-time beginning function in a franchise that might’ve seemingly been spending a first-round decide on a rookie passer in April in any case.
Jones may find yourself being a cheap free agent addition that gives Las Vegas with flexibility so as to add a weapon or talent place increase with its seemingly excessive first-round choice.
Pierce can be a former Large and will discover that as a bonding second along with his potential new sign caller. If issues do not work out and Pierce forced from the hot seat, then Jones will nonetheless have the prospect to discover a new residence in conventional free company.
It appears like a win-win for each events however whether or not an precise settlement materializes within the coming days is left to be seen.
