Final Day of Training Camp: Interception bug infects the quarterback room
By Levi Dombro
Notes from Camp
Training camp ended today in the same way it began, and the way it was for almost every day in between: with the defense dominating the offense. While the offensive line is missing two starters and Davante Adams has been absent the last few days, the unit as a whole is not clicking how Luke Getsy imagined it thus far.
Camp got going well for the offense, as both quarterbacks were able to score touchdowns during the redzone segment.
Two touchdowns in red zone drills today.
— Levi Edwards (@theleviedwards) August 7, 2024
Aidan O’Connell hits a dart over the middle to Tre Tucker. Gardner Minshew rolls out of the pocket and hits DJ Turner by the right pylon.#Raiders
Things very quickly took a turn, as the interception bug infected both quarterbacks.
AOC was having a decent practice before throwing an interception to Trevon Moehrig into double coverage, giving Garder Minshew a chance to respond with the second unit. On his second play, he threw a pick to Isaiah Pola-Mao. #Raiders
— Adam Hill (@AdamHillLVRJ) August 7, 2024
Looking on the positive side, the secondary has been dominating. Tashan Reed of The Athletic noted that Pola-Mao has been incredibly impressive in camp, and that he could see the field quite a bit as a third safety. DC Patrick Graham employs three safety sets frequently, so Las Vegas could have another ballhawk on the field. He also had this to say about Moehrig:
Moehrig has gotten a lot better at making plays on the ball. That's the type of player he was at TCU, but it took some time for that to translate to the NFL. He's rolling now. https://t.co/a4Inx4qzZT
— Tashan Reed (@tashanreed) August 7, 2024
Vic Tafur of The Athletic also included Divine Deablo as a player who has made strides this offseason.
Deablo quietly had a good camp. Leaner this year. Just missed a diving interception of O’Connell.
— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) August 7, 2024
Moehrig picks him off couple plays later.
Later on, Anthony Brown Jr. threw two interceptions; one to DE Janarius Robinson, and the other to UDFA CB Woo Governor.
There were a handful of positives today, as WR Jalen Guyton made his first good impression of camp.
#Raiders WR Jalen Guyton made a really nice sideline catch matched up against CB Decamerion Richardson. He's gotten open often and let the rookie hear about it.
— Tashan Reed (@tashanreed) August 7, 2024
Logan Reever of 8News Now was back with his full play-by-play detail.
#Raiders 1st team 11-on-11 Wednesday:
— Logan Reever (@loganreever) August 7, 2024
(A lot more work for the 2s and 3s) pic.twitter.com/2iwPWGqUNY