BREAKING: Raiders Adding Former Falcons Starting QB

The Las Vegas Raiders have added a young quarterback in the wake of Aidan O'Connell's thumb fracture.

Aug 10, 2024; Glendale, Arizona, USA; Arizona Cardinals quarterback Desmond Ridder (19) drops back to pass against the New Orleans Saints during the first half at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images / Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images

The Las Vegas Raiders took another huge injury hit when quarterback Aidan O'Connell suffered a fractured thumb against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.

As a result, the team will have to place him on Injured Reserve. He will be out for four to six weeks.

In a move to fill the void that O'Connell leaves, the Raiders plan to add another young quarterback.

According to NFL insider Tom Pelissero, the Raiders are signing former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Desmond Ridder.

A new QB in Las Vegas: The #Raiders are signing Desmond Ridder off the #Cardinals practice squad, per sources.

Aidan O’Connell is headed to injured reserve and now Ridder, the former #Falcons starter, joins Gardner Minshew in the Raiders QB room. pic.twitter.com/lz1lY0Riis

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 21, 2024

Ridder, who had been on the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad, made 13 starts for the Falcons last year. Atlanta selected Ridder in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft, following a 2021 campaign in which he led the University of Cincinnati to the College Football Playoff.

Ridder would start the final four games of the Falcons' 2022-23 season, his rookie year, after Atlanta decided to bench Marcus Mariota.

He then acted as the Falcons' starter for most of last season. Ridder would throw for 2,836 yards and 12 touchdowns in 15 games.

Atlanta traded Ridder to Arizona back in March. The Cardinals released him in late August before signing him to the practice squad the following day.

We'll see what role Ridder will have on this Raiders team. Gardner Minshew II comes off his worst performance of the season, turning the rock over four times, throwing three picks. He came in to replace the injured O'Connell, who had replaced Minshew as the starter going into Week 6 after Las Vegas benched Minshew during their Week 5 game against the Denver Broncos.

Minshew had been named the starter going into the 2024 season after a long offseason of battling O'Connell for the starting job.

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