Raiders QB Aidan O’Connell suffers with a wrist fracture and is expected in 6-8 weeks

Las Vegas strikers were a significant blow to their pre -season on Saturday night, falling 20-10 to the Cardinals in Arizona and lost the reserve defender Aidan O’Connell to a broken right wrist.

Chief trainer Pete Carol has confirmed after the match that O’Connell will need surgery and is expected to miss six to eight weeks.

The injury came after the 10 Raiders games, 32 yards in the second quarter, closed by a goal in the field of 52-yard Daniel Carlson. The coaches examined O’Connell on the side line before heading to the dressing room. He later returned, wearing the rail of his throwing hand. Rookie Cam Miller, selecting the sixth round, took the center and finished 12 in 24 for 124 yards with 61.5 passers -by rating.

Carol acknowledged the failure: « Aidan will come out for a while. We need to see what we can do and continue to develop a camera. »

Now entering his third season at NFL, O’Connell threw himself for 3830 yards with 20 touchdowns and 11 intercepts in 20 career matches (17 starts).

He also missed the time last year with a broken thumb. His pre -Carol pre -Carol is Rocky, with four turnover in three games, including a strip in the first quarter against Arizona, which created a landing of the cardinals.

Carol noted that Tempo is a problem with O’Connell: « We are not playing so quickly from hudding to Snap. We are still trying to do this. »

As O’Connell probably headed for the injured reserve, the Raiders discounts room is reduced to the starter Jeno Smith and Miller, who worked mainly with the third team through this pre-season (32-from-61, 305 yards, one touch, one interception). Asked if Miller was ready to intensify as QB2, Carol replied, « We will see. »

As a result, Las Vegas is expected to study the addition of another defender 1 week ago.