Raiders Today publisher Hondo S. Carpenter joined the Jets Country Podcast to talk about rookie QB Aidan O'Connell ahead of the Sunday Night Football matchup
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00:00 First of all, I would disagree with you that he wasn't a highly touted draft pick.
00:04 Had he come out of Purdue a year earlier than he did, most people had him projected as a
00:11 first rounder.
00:12 Then he comes out, his last year, his brother had passed away, Purdue had lost a lot of
00:18 talent.
00:19 He somehow gets him to the Big Ten Championship game.
00:23 His first start against Los Angeles was the exact reason why Josh McDaniels isn't here.
00:30 Josh McDaniels' playbook is very difficult to master.
00:33 It's very hard.
00:34 That's why when he left New England, Bill Belichick said, I mean, he went with defensive
00:38 guys and special teams guys because he said it was too difficult.
00:43 In that first system, Josh kept asking him to do things that he couldn't do and that
00:48 his offense couldn't do, just not Aiden, and he wouldn't switch.
00:52 He gets eight sacks, he doesn't look good.
00:56 The second game, they played to his strengths.
00:58 They played to what the team's strengths were.
01:01 You're going to see his second game, no sacks, no interceptions.