Gardner Minshew will get the beginning this weekend in spite of everything.
Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce mentioned Wednesday that, regardless of his struggles and the staff’s seemingly fixed rotation on the place, Minshew will begin at quarterback Sunday towards the Miami Dolphins.
“Hear, after we introduced in Gardner, we anticipated, clearly, the play that we had seen prior to now and sooner or later, you have to give a man confidence,” Pierce mentioned, through ESPN. “And there is been instances, clearly, with turnovers and different issues which have taken place, the place we made choices to both put him on the bench or go to a different quarterback.
“However this week I felt like Gardner offers us the very best alternative to maneuver ahead and he has each alternative to go on the market and assist us get to a win.”
The Raiders have struggled throughout the board this season, and so they’ve not had a constant quarterback from the soar. Minshew, Aidan O’Connell and Desmond Ridder have all cycled by the place, and none of them have had a lot success.
Minshew opened the season because the staff’s starter, however O’Connell took over in Week 5. Minshew jumped again in after O’Connell broke his thumb just a few weeks later, however he was benched within the second half of their most up-to-date loss for Ridder.
The Raiders sit at 2-7 on the season popping out of their bye week. They fired offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, offensive line coach James Cregg and quarterbacks coach Wealthy Scangarello earlier than the break, too. Amongst different strikes, the staff introduced in Norv Turner as a senior adviser.
Minshew, who signed a two-year, $25 million cope with the Raiders this previous offseason, has thrown for 1,501 yards with six touchdowns and eight interceptions this season. He has 12 whole turnovers and averages 1.5 per sport — each of that are the second-worst amongst quarterbacks within the league. Solely Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold has extra.
Although the Raiders appear nicely out of competition for a playoff spot, and it will take a wild turnaround to ensure that them to make the postseason in just a few months, Pierce is hoping their week off can at the least assist get issues began.
“Wanted to take a very good chilly bathe, chilly tub, wash all that badness off that occurred over the 9 video games and I feel our workers did the identical,” Pierce mentioned. “I do know our gamers did, however they had been nonetheless across the constructing, which is the very best factor about it, proper?
“Individuals may query our locker room, may query our tradition, may query me, however you’ll be able to’t query our dedication. We’re dedicated to this dangerous boy and turning it round.”