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Thrust into the starting role when Jimmy Garoppolo kept turning the ball over, O'Connell played about as well as could be expected of a fourth-round rookie. He played it safe early on, but there was some undeniable growth as the season wore on. The Purdue product ended things on a high note, passing for 853 yards and 8 TDs without an interception over the final four games -- it is worth noting, that half of those touchdown passes came in a Thursday Night obliteration of the Los Angeles Chargers in an effort that got their head coach fired.
As the player new head coach Antonio Pierce turned to when he took over, O'Connell should be viewed as a slight favorite to open the season as the starting quarterback. Whether that's the case in Week 1, or Week 10 for that matter, is to be determined. Suffice to say that the team didn't hand Gardner Minshew a two-year, $25 million contract because he was unlikely to play. At best, they hedged their bets on what O'Connell can become. At worst, they're waiting for a reason to plug the veteran into the starting role. Either way, that level of uncertainty renders O'Connell undraftable in most formats.
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