Aidan O'Connell Surrounded by Vital Veteran Leadership

Las Vegas Raiders rookie quarterback Aidan O'Connell has the privilege of learning from veteran quarterbacks Jimmy Garoppolo and Brian Hoyer.

Las Vegas Raiders rookie quarterback Aidan O'Connell is a very important asset for the Silver and Black.

The first-year NFL quarterback has a whole career ahead of him, one that could very well flourish in his years as a Raider.

With quarterback Jimmy Garoppoplo's proneness to injury, O'Connell's number could be called at any time, and he will need to be ready.

Fortunately for him and his team, he has the tools right there in front of him to be a successful quarterback in this league.

Garoppolo and quarterback Brian Hoyer are each longtime NFL veterans with experiences of winning.

For a team that wants a young quarterback to develop in the best possible way, what more could you ask?

Raiders offensive coordinator Mick Lombardi has been pleased with what he has seen in training camp so far.

"Look, Brian [Hoyer] has been in the league a long time, been in the system a long time," Lombardi said when he addressed the media Monday. "And then Jimmy [Garoppolo] has experienced and a lot of playing experience both in this offense and other ones. I think Aidan is just like the other two guys. ... It's just becoming a sponge and trying to play fast and play NFL quarterback and learn the offense. But again, they have the same installations, but there are resources for Aidan, which is great, and I think the time he spent on it has been coming to fruition in practice.

"But overall, I think whenever you have veteran quarterbacks in the room, they have little nuggets to kind of give the young guys, which is great, that you can't offer as a coach. As a quarterback coach, you can tell them the reads and all that stuff and give them reminders, but sometimes players have a little different tidbits to give each other, which that's great too. Whether it's receiver, back, tight ends, those veteran guys: 'Hey, try this. Do this.' The veterans really take pride in doing that with each other, which is really fun to see whether it's the receivers or tight ends.

"I mean, and as a coach too, you can ask a player: 'Hey, what do you think about this? Have you tried this before?' And they may have good or bad experiences from it, and that's the same thing with quarterback. So, overall it's been great."

The Silver and Black open the preseason by hosting the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Aug. 13, at 4 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. PDT.

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