A change at backup quarterback looks to be in the air for the Raiders. In practice today, it was DeShone Kizer who was getting the number two quarterback reps for the first time, overtaking Mike Glennon.
Kizer hasn’t been active for a game this season. He was signed just before the season after being among the final roster cuts by the Packers. Since then, he’s spent the season playing catch up. The Raiders seem to think he’s caught up.
“We’ve looked at him and we’ve made the decision that we’re going to move him up to the number two spot this week,” said offensive coordinator Greg Olson. “But I’ll let Jon [Gruden] answer those questions in regards to the entire depth chart and the decisions that were made there. We do like what we’ve seen out of DeShone.”
Two weeks ago when Derek Carr was pulled late in the third quarter of the Raiders’ blowout loss to the Jets. Glennon came in and promptly fumbled the ball on two of his first three snaps.
Glennon was once a starter for the Buccaneers a few years ago. He has bounced around the league since then. Kizer was a second-round pick by the Browns in 2017 out of Notre Dame. He started 15 games as a rookie throwing for 2894 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 22 interceptions.
Kizer hasn’t started a game since and appeared in just three games for the Packers last season. He threw no touchdowns and two interceptions in those games.
