Following up on the ongoing story. ... Jimmy Garappolo have been demoted as the Raiders starting quarterback but he could still see the field Sunday against the New York Giants.

As Profootballtalk.com's Josh Alper reported, interim head coach Antonio Pierce announced Friday that Garappolo will be in uniform as the backup to rookie QB Aidan O'Connell.

Brian Hoyer had been the backup with O’Connell available as the third emergency quarterback for most of the season, but the team bumped O’Connell up to the No. 2 job for last Monday’s loss to the Lions.

There was some question about how the Raiders would handle the backup role because playing Garoppolo would expose him to potential injury and potentially complicate a parting of the ways at the end of the season, but Hoyer was unimpressive in a start earlier this season so it’s easy to understand why Pierce would prefer to go with Garoppolo in the event O’Connell has to leave a game.