Raiders place quarterback Aidan O'Connell on injured reserve

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O'Connell was placed on injured reserve Wednesday, a move that was expected after he broke his right wrist in Saturday's preseason game at Arizona.

He must sit out at least the first four games. The prognosis is O'Connell will be gone six to eight weeks.

O'Connell was slated to back up Geno Smith, but the Raiders filled that spot by sending a fifth-round draft pick to Cleveland on Monday for Kenny Pickett.

The Browns had four quarterbacks on their roster before the trade, and the Raiders likely will have three on their roster when O'Connell returns. Rookie Cam Miller was signed to the practice squad Wednesday.

“I'm not going to make any predictions about how the season unfolds,” general manager John Spytek said. “Right now, we know we have two healthy guys on the active roster, and that's how we'll start the season.”

The Raiders open Sept. 7 at New England.

Also Wednesday, the Raiders waived tackle Thayer Munford, signed offensive lineman Stone Forsythe and claimed linebacker Brennan Jackson off waivers.

Munford started 18 games over his three seasons in Las Vegas, including 10 in 2023 at both tackle spots. He started four games last season, but was beaten out on the right side by then-rookie DJ Glaze. Munford was working with the backups at tackle and guard this training camp.

Forsythe reunites with Raiders coach Pete Carroll, for whome he played in Seattle from 2021-23. He also was with the Seahawks in 2024 and spent this camp with the New York Giants, but failed to make the 53-man roster. Forsythe has played in 53 career games, starting 14.

Jackson, who was waived by the Los Angeles Rams, played seven games as a rookie last season. He made three tackles and broke up a pass.

The Raiders also filled out their practice squad. Among the signees were wide receiver Alex Bachman, safety Terrell Edmunds and cornerback Greedy Vance.

The Raiders signed Amari Cooper on Monday, the same day that fellow wide receiver Jakobi Meyers requested a trade after failing to reach a contract extension.

Meyers, who produced his first 1,000-yard season in 2024, has one year left on a three-year, $33 million contract.

Spytek called the timing of Cooper's signing “pure coincidence.”

“It may not look like that, but it was absolutely coincidence,” Spytek said. “We had been talking to Amari for a while, just making sure it was the right fit and we could work the right contract out.”

Cooper is a five-time Pro Bowler with 711 career receptions for 10,033 yards and 64 touchdowns. This is his second stint with the Raiders, who drafted him fourth in 2015. Cooper had 225 receptions for 3,183 yards and 19 touchdowns and made three Pro Bowls over 3 1/2 seasons for the then-Oakland Raiders.

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FILE - Buffalo Bills wide receiver Amari Cooper, right, is tackled by New York Jets cornerback D.J. Reed (4) during the first half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus,File)

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O'Connell watches during a timeout during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, in Glendale. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O'Connell throws under pressure during the second half of a preseason NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court Justice on Thursday ordered the transfer of former President Jair Bolsonaro from the federal police headquarters in Brasilia to a much bigger cell with an outside area in the Papuda Penitentiary Complex, also in the capital.

The transfer was described as a move to a facility with “more favorable conditions” for high-profile detainees.

Since November, Bolsonaro has been carrying out a 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup despite his 2022 electoral defeat. His lawyers have been pushing for a transfer to house arrest on medical grounds.

Michelle Bolsonaro, his wife, and his sons have regularly said that Bolsonaro is being mistreated and not getting adequate medical attention.

In the court decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes denied the accusations. “Regrettably and falsely, there has been a systematic attempt to delegitimize the regular and lawful execution of the custodial sentence of Jair Messias Bolsonaro, which has been carried out with full respect for human dignity."

Bolsonaro had been in a 12-square-meter room with a bed, a private bathroom, air conditioning, a TV set and a desk, and Moraes ordered Bolsonaro's transfer to an even more comfortable situation. He determined that Bolsonaro be transferred to a 54-square-meter room with a 10-square-meter outside area that he can access at will.

Following the transfer, Bolsonaro will also have increased time for family visits and physiotherapy equipment such as a treadmill and bicycle will be installed. The new area resembles an apartment, with a double bed, a kitchen, a laundry, a living room and an outdoor area.

The Supreme Court’s press office said the transfer had already happened.

Since starting his sentence, Bolsonaro has made several trips to a nearby hospital, most recently after falling out of bed and hitting his head.

Moraes decided that Bolsonaro can have “full assistance, 24 (twenty-four) hours a day, from previously registered private doctors, without the need for prior notification.”

Moraes also ordered a medical examination to assess Bolsonaro's health and determine whether he needs to be transferred to a penitentiary hospital.

Bolsonaro has been hospitalized multiple times since being stabbed at a campaign event before the 2018 presidential election.

The former president and several of his allies were convicted by a panel of Supreme Court justices for attempting to overthrow Brazil’s democracy following his 2022 election defeat.

The plot included plans to kill President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Justice de Moraes. The plan also involved encouraging an insurrection in early 2023.

The former president was also found guilty of charges including leading an armed criminal organization and attempting the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.

Bolsonaro has always denied wrongdoing.

In Thursday’s court order, Moraes said that Bolsonaro was convicted of extremely serious crimes and that his custodial sentence was not a “hotel stay or a vacation colony” as statements from Bolsonaro’s sons’ cited in the decision “mistakenly seem to demand.”

FILE - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home while he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova, File)