The Las Vegas Raiders signed veteran quarterback Gardner Minshew this offseason where he will compete with Aidan O’Connell for the starting job. And it sounds like Minshew is embracing that competition.
During a recent interview, Gardner Minshew opened up about the quarterback competition between him and Aidan O’Connell, saying the two are “having a ton of fun” as they compete.
“It’s been great,” Minshew said Tuesday, via Tashan Reed of The Athletic. “We’ve both put together a good camp so far. We’ve been pushing each other but also just enjoying each other and our room. . . . We’re having a ton of fun right now and being very competitive. I think that’s only going to make our team better.”
Minshew seems to think that the competition is bringing out the best in both of them.
“As any real competitor, you don’t want them to be worse. You want yourself to be better,” Minshew said. “So, the better he is, if I’m beating him out, that means I’m just raising it that much more. That’s how I’ve always viewed it: If he’s pushing me, and he’s completing every pass, I’ve got to figure out a way to do better. That’s the only way to really improve.”
We’ll have to see which one of them ultimately earns the starting job heading into the season.
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