Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell departed Sunday’s highway recreation in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams within the first quarter with a proper thumb damage.
O’Connell’s throwing hand used to be hit by way of Rams protection Kamren Curl, who used to be blitzing on a move try within the first quarter. O’Connell used to be changed by way of Gardner Minshew II to start a Raiders force with 2:33 closing within the duration.
O’Connell, 26, used to be indexed as questionable to go back.
On his first force in a scoreless recreation, Minshew took the Raiders 56 yards on 9 performs prior to Daniel Carlson made a 38-yard box objective for a 3-0 lead early in the second one quarter.
O’Connell used to be 6-of-10 passing for 52 yards within the early going in opposition to the Rams. He took over the beginning spot from Minshew in Week 6 and entered after finishing 63.9 % of his passes for 403 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in 3 video games (one get started).
Minshew, 28, who received the beginning process within the preseason, began the primary 5 video games when he finished 70.7 % of his passes for 1,014 yards, 4 TDs and 5 interceptions.
–Box Stage Media
