The Las Vegas Raiders lost Josh Jacobs, their lead running back for the past five years. After finishing the season, Zamir White appears to be the next bell cow. He accumulated
White displayed promise to end the year, but the new general manager, Tom Telesco, wants to make a committee. Ameer Abdullah was re-signed before free agency, and Alex Mattison was from the Minnesota Vikings.Mattison was expected to replace Dalvin Cook but had a disappointing season. He finished the year losing carries to Ty Chandler, but the Raiders believe in his potential. Telesco, who is only 25 years old, likes what he adds to the backfield.
“He’s a pretty well-rounded player,” Telesco said. “I mean, he’s 220 pounds, he runs physical and hard, he runs [with] like a little bit of a violent style to him. The scheme that we’re going to run, he ran this very similar first couple years at Minnesota, so he has some familiarity with that.”With the Raiders pushing to a zone scheme, Mattison has familiarity coming from Kevin O’Connell’s offense. He can come in right away and understand what the team wants to do in th run game. It could be a good blend in the Raiders running back room with other running backs in
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