Aidan O'Connell's Strategic Plays Boosting Las Vegas Raiders

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00:00Let's start with the quarterback.

00:04What do you like first?

00:05This is going to be a very surprising one.

00:08It's surprising to me, to be honest with you.

00:10It's a quarterback of the Las Vegas Raiders.

00:14It's actually Aiden O'Connell, 340 last week against the Chiefs, two touchdowns, really

00:20utilizing Brock Bowers, who seems super comfortable.

00:22And you got to realize too, this guy's been hurt for a couple of weeks, so he missed a

00:26good amount of time.

00:27He hasn't played since week seven.

00:29Before that, in week six against Pittsburgh, he put up 227 and a touchdown in that game.

00:34But if you're coming off a game against the Chiefs on the road, that's a confidence builder.

00:39And now you're going on the road again, playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, one of the worst

00:43teams in the league in terms of giving up air yards.

00:45So this should be a very comfortable situation here for Aiden O'Connell.

00:49You still don't have a lot of health in the backfield, so the ball's going to be in O'Connell's

00:53hands.

00:54And I would expect a ton of Brock Bowers and Jacoby Myers today in this one.

00:58In the DFS world, I think he's a very inexpensive quarterback that you could feel pretty good

01:02about the floor, and maybe even there's more ceiling than you realize.

01:06And Aiden O'Connell is also in a position here where he has these next few weeks of

01:09the season to prove he's the guy that they should be moving forward with, or they should

01:14be looking elsewhere in 2025 for the quarterback.

01:18That's it.

01:19This is it.

01:20He's got basically another four-game audition here.

01:22And I think that's not lost on guys like Aiden O'Connell.

01:25You get a very small window in the NFL in which to prove your worth.

01:30And O'Connell has that right now, and whether or not Pierce is the coach, we'll find out

01:33at the end of the season.

01:34I think he will be.

01:35Whether or not O'Connell is the quarterback, that remains to be seen.

01:38But it's a good situation today.

01:39It's a good matchup.

01:40It's a good price.

01:41And in a week where we have no Jaden Daniels, no Lamar Jackson, no Drake May, none of these

01:46guys playing quarterback this week, guess what?

01:48We're going to need some help at quarterback.

01:49So Aiden O'Connell is that guy for me.

01:51Ross percentage is super low.

01:52If you need him as a streamer this week, I think you could do worse.

01:55I think the volume will be there.

01:56And the upside is certainly there, too.

01:57And I would not say that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense is as good as the Kansas City Chiefs

02:02defense.

02:03So I wouldn't be too worried.

02:04Also, keep in mind, whenever Baker Mayfield is at home and a favorite, typically he doesn't

02:08play all that well.

02:10When he's on the road as an underdog, that's where Baker Mayfield has been really good.

02:13So sometimes the weight of being up front has not been kind to the Buccaneers.

02:18So keep an eye on Aiden O'Connell today.

02:20Again, do they get a victory?

02:22That remains to be seen.

02:23But can Aiden O'Connell put up points?

02:24I think the answer is yes.

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