{"id":106144,"date":"2025-08-24T08:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T08:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/106144\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T08:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T08:06:08","slug":"raiders-oconnell-to-miss-6-8-weeks-with-fractured-right-wrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/106144\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders’ O’Connell to miss 6-8 weeks with fractured right wrist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ryan McFaddenAug 24, 2025, 12:06 AM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Ryan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Nation. Prior to ESPN, McFadden was a Denver Broncos beat reporter for the Denver Post. McFadden also wrote about the Baltimore Ravens and University of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Sun.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> backup quarterback Aidan O’Connell<\/a> suffered a fractured right wrist in the club’s 20-10 loss<\/a> at the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> in the preseason finale on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Raiders coach Pete Carroll said O’Connell will need surgery and is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks.<\/p>\n

Following the Raiders’ 10-play, 32-yard scoring drive, which resulted in a 52-yard field goal from Daniel Carlson<\/a> at the start of the second quarter, O’Connell was looked at by trainers on the sideline before going to the locker room.<\/p>\n

O’Connell came out of the locker room later in the quarter with a splint on his right hand, while rookie Cam Miller<\/a> stepped in at quarterback. A sixth-round draft pick, Miller completed 12 of 24 passes for 124 yards and a passer rating of 61.5.<\/p>\n

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“[O’Connell] is going to be out a while,” Carroll said. “We got to see what we can do and keep developing Cam.”<\/p>\n

Entering his third season, O’Connell has totaled 3,830 passing yards, 20 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 20 career games, including 17 starts. Last season, O’Connell missed multiple weeks with a broken thumb.<\/p>\n

O’Connell was inconsistent in his first training camp under Carroll, and in three preseason games, the quarterback committed four turnovers, including three interceptions. O’Connell was strip-sacked in the first quarter against Arizona, eventually leading to a game-tying touchdown reception from Cardinals wide receiver Simi Fehoko<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carroll said that in addition to the turnovers, the offense wasn’t as fast when O’Connell was under center.<\/p>\n

“We don’t play as quick from huddle to the snap,” Carroll said. “Still trying to work that out.”<\/p>\n

With O’Connell expected to go on the injured reserve list, the Raiders’ depth at quarterback is down to starter Geno Smith<\/a> and Miller, meaning they likely will bring in another signal-caller.<\/p>\n

When Carroll was asked if Miller was ready to be the Raiders’ second-string quarterback, he said, “We’ll see.”<\/p>\n

Miller, who has played primarily with the third-team offense, was 32-for-61 with 305 yards, a touchdown and an interception in the preseason.<\/p>\n

“Let’s see what happens here,” Carroll said. “I’ll have to go check the film.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan McFaddenAug 24, 2025, 12:06 AM ET CloseRyan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Nation.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-106144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}