The Raiders have designated quarterback Aidan O’Connell to return from injured reserve on Monday, the team announced.

Coach Antonio Pierce said O’Connell will participate in a walk-through on Tuesday wouldn’t commit to O’Connell who played against the Chiefs on Friday.

Gardner Minshew is out for the season with a broken collarbone.

O’Connell hasn’t played since breaking the thumb of his throwing hand in a Week 7 game against the Rams.

“When I see that he can hold the ball comfortably, hopefully you don’t have any pain there – and just being able to be efficient,” Pierce said of what to see from O’Connell this week, via Tashan Reed of TheAthletic.com. “It is not to the benefit of the player or the team to put a player there who is still hurt or injured.”

The Raiders benched Minshew for O’Connell against the Broncos in Week 5, and the plan was for O’Connell to start the rest of the way until his injury.

Desmond Ridder will start if O’Connell is not ready.

“You have to be smart at the quarterback position,” Pierce said. “(O’Connell’s) future looks much brighter. He is a young player. We just have to be smart. We have a good relationship, Aidan and I, and he speaks honestly to me, and I speak honestly to him.