Former Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer is inching closer to being a starting NFL quarterback.
The third-string QB for the Raiders behind Derek Carr and Mike Glennon for the majority of the 2019 season, Kizer was recently informed that he has passed Glennon on the depth chart and will be active for the first time this season on Sunday against the Titans.
“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.”
Glennon fumbled twice against the Jets two weeks ago when he came in to replace Carr in a blowout loss.
Kizer is a third-year vet who signed with Oakland just before the season started, and has spent the entire year getting caught up.
It appears he is ready to go now, and should anything happen to Carr he would be the man under center for this Raiders squad.
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