Ex-Raiders QB Brian Hoyer Sends Strong Message on Aidan O’Connell.

The Las Vegas Raiders cycled through three starting quarterbacks last season before Aidan O’Connell took control of the job for the final nine games of the year. Brian Hoyer went into last season as Jimmy Garoppolo’s backup but was eventually leapfrogged by O’Connell.

There are no hard feelings there as Hoyer is a fan of the young quarterback. He had some high praise for O’Connell.

“At the beginning of the year, he was third on the depth chart and then he ended up finishing the entire year,” Hoyer said on SiriusXM NFL Radio with Amber Theoharis on July 2. “I thought, to see his growth and what he was able to do as a fourth-round pick, was tremendous.”