The Las Vegas Raiders’ no good, very unhealthy season simply obtained 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 heart 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 as soon as once more 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 heart in Week 11 because the named starter and saved the job till his unlucky damage throughout the workforce’s Week 12 loss Sunday.
With Las Vegas now down two quarterbacks, head coach Antonio Pierce might method common supervisor Tom Telesco to discover a new passer as an alternative of reverting to Ridder.
Nicely, one starting-caliber quarterback shall be getting into the market on Monday and could possibly be the right match.
Daniel Jones, waived by the New York Giants over the weekend, has been linked 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However Las Vegas would supply the 27-year outdated a possibility to audition for the full-time beginning position in a franchise that might’ve probably been spending a first-round decide on a rookie passer in April in any case.
Jones may find yourself being an economical free agent addition that gives Las Vegas with flexibility so as to add a weapon or talent place increase with its probably excessive first-round choice.
Pierce can also be a former Big and will discover that as a bonding second together with his potential new sign caller. If issues do not work out and Pierce pressured from the new seat, then Jones will nonetheless have the prospect to discover a new dwelling in conventional free company.
It looks like a win-win for each events however whether or not an precise settlement materializes within the coming days is left to be seen.
