Tag: Tre Tucker

What Condition the Position is in: Assessing Raiders level of need at WR ahead of free agency

What Condition Raiders Position is in: wide receiver

With free agency under a month away, it’s time to check in on the Raiders’ wide receiver position to give it a condition of either Strong, Stable, Unstable, Serious, or Critical.

Starters: Davante Adams, Jakobi Meyers, Hunter Renfrow
Depth: Tre Tucker, DJ Turner, Kristian Wilkerson
Free Agents: DeAndre Carter

Adams had a down year with the Raiders due in large part to the QB situation. But keep in mind a down year for Adams is still better than the best year for most receivers. Meyers enjoyed a career year while Adams was dragging coverage away from him. Renfrow had his second poor season in Josh McDaniels’s offense that forgot he existed. Tucker flashed late in his rookie season and could be one to watch.

Condition: Strong

Adams is still one of the best in the game and getting a QB with an arm and pocket presence will bear that out. Meyers proved he is a worthy number two starter. The prevailing thinking is that the team will be moving on from Renfrow, opting for the cap money it would save. His departure would only drop the condition to Stable, mainly because the team likes the speedy Tucker to step up in that case, so they’d still be ok.

Raiders wide receiver corps ranked slowest in NFL

Times they are-a-changin: Raiders wide receiver corps ranked slowest in NFL

Never in my life did I expect to see a stat like this for the Raiders. The slowest wide receiver corps in the league?? Al Davis is spinning in his grave.

Many of you are probably wondering why Tre Tucker’s speed wouldn’t raise this number a bit. Well, first of all, as the chart suggests, it’s weighted for routes run. And Tucker was not a big part of the Raiders offense this season.

With routes run as the filter here, and since I don’t have the raw routes run numbers, I will go by targets, let’s list the Raiders receivers by targets and their 40 times.

Davante Adams 4.56, 963 snaps, 175 targets
Jakobi Meyers 4.63, 903 snaps, 106 targets
Hunter Renfrow 4.59, 363 snaps, 37 targets
Tre Tucker 4.4 334 snaps, 34 targets
DeAndre Carter 4.44, 102 snaps, 7 targets

So, yeah, Tucker has a decent 40 time of 4.4 flat. Though, it’s no Jacoby Ford (4.28) or Darrius Heyward-Bey (4.3). Not many are.

But more importantly, Tucker saw just a third of the snaps this season with Adams and Meyers getting the vest majority of the snaps and targets and their 40 times are not special.

Not that any of this is a big deal, really. Adams in certainly a deep threat with plenty of ability to get separation. Tucker did see his snaps and targets go up over the final few games of the season, twice setting new career-highs in catches and yards in those games.

Mostly it’s just pretty stunning to see the Raiders of all teams last on this list as classically, that has not been the case.

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 18 win over Broncos

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 18 win over Broncos

For the fourth straight season, the Raiders complete the sweep of the Broncos. That’s right, the Las Vegas Raiders have never lost to the Broncos.

Watch: Huge plays by Tre Tucker, Davante Adams give Raiders 17-7 half time lead over Broncos

Watch: Huge plays by Tre Tucker, Davante Adams give Raiders 17-7 half time lead over Broncos

Not every day you get the ball twice in under four minutes, without a turnover, and convert the second one into a touchdown. But that’s what the Raiders did against the Broncos.

The second of the two possessions started with 1:43 left in the second quarter. The second play, Zamir White found a hole up the middle and went for 25 yards. But the Raiders gave it right back when Nik Bonito got the edge around Jermaine Eluemunor to sack Aidan O’Connell for an eight-yard loss.

O’Connell didnt let the sack get him down. He completed consecutive passes to Davante Adams and Austin Hooper and picked up the first down anyway.

Two plays later, Tre Tucker roasted Broncos DB Fabian Moreau and O’Connell aired it out deep for him.

The play went for 47 yards and the Raiders were in business at the Denver 15 with 38 seconds left in the half.

The next play, Davante Adams had a pass go right through his hands that would probably have been a touchdown.

A couple plays later, the Hooper would make the catch to put the Raiders in first and goal. And Adams redeemed himself.

With 11 seconds left, the Broncos knew the Raiders would be trying to throw for the touchdown, so they brought the house. O’Connell backpeddled to buy time and then threw it up for Adams to make the play. And make the play he did.

The touchdown catch put the Raiders up 17-7 at the half over the rival Broncos. And shows the Raiders came to play.

They get the ball to start the second half.

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 15 rout of Chargers

Ballers & Busters for Raiders Week 14 route of Chargers

What an insane game this was. Four days earlier, the Raiders were shut out 3-0 by the Vikings. Then they come out in this one and not only score a touchdown on their opening drive, not only score 21 points in the first quarter, not only go up 42-0 in the first half, not only scored 49 points before the Chargers scored for the first time, but scored a franchise record 63 points in a 63-21 trouncing of the Chargers.

That was one heck of a run-on sentence.

So, you might just see a heavy dose of Ballers this week. I wasn’t even sure there’d be a Buster, but in the end I found one. But just one.

4 days after being shut out, Raiders score 42 points in first half vs Chargers

4 days after being shut out at home, Raiders score 42 points in first half vs Chargers

How did we get here? The Raiders came into their Thursday Night game fresh off a shut out at home last week to the Vikings. A game that ended wth a 3-0 Vikings win. In fact, the Raiders hadn’t scored a touchdown in six quarters, dating back to the second quarter against the Chiefs prior to their bye week.

And at the half, the Raiders were leading the Chargers 42-0.

The broke their scoreless and touchdown streak on their opening drive. Zamir White — who was replacing an injured Josh Jacobs — punched it in for his first career touchdown.

A strip sack by Malcolm Koonce got the Raiders the ball back at the LA 42-yard-line and the Raiders drove for a second touchdown on a deep ball from Aidan O’Connell to Tre Tucker.

Another fumble gave the Raiders the ball at the LA 31 and they again took advantage of it with a touchdown. This one on a diving 22-yard grab by Jakobi Meyers.

That gave them 21 points and it was just 12 minutes into the game. That is more points than they had scored in the previous 11 quarters combined.

From there, we had four straight punts — two from each team. But that final punt from AJ Cole was punched out on the return by DJ Turner to give the Raiders the ball at the LA 14-yard-line. Two plays later, Michael Mayer was wide open for an easy touchdown to make it a 28-0 lead.

At this point, the Raiders offense had their highest scoring game of the season. Prior to this, the Raiders offense had only scored over 20 points once. That was when they scored 23 points against the Giants in Antonio Pierce’s first game as interim head coach.

The Chargers would drive to the Vegas 35-yard-line on their next possession, but the Raiders defense stood them up and they turned it over on downs.

Then the Raiders drove for a fifth touchdown. This one with O’Connell lining up wide left and Brandon Bolden taking the direct snap and running 26 yards for the score. The Chargers had clearly just given up.

The 35 points was the most the Raiders team had scored all season, topping the 30 points they scored against the Giants.

And just to pour it on, the Raiders added one more touchdown just before the half to make it a 42-0 game, with O’Connell and Tre Tucker connecting for their second TD of the game.

Previewing Kansas City’s Week 12 game vs. Raiders on Chiefs Wire Podcast

On the latest episode of @TheChiefsWire podcast: @EdEastonJr’s chats w/ #Raiders rookies Aidan O’Connell and Tre Tucker #KCvsLV

We’re back with an all-new episode of the Chiefs Wire podcast! This week, we’re previewing the Kansas City Chiefs Week 12 matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders.

We check in with this past week’s press conferences featuring comments from the Chiefs coaching staff members. Special Teams Coordinator Dave Toub, Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, and Offensive Coordinator Matt Nagy weigh in on Sunday’s matchup in Las Vegas. Raiders interim head coach Antonio Pierce’s motivating words to the media ahead of the AFC West showdown.

We also flashback to Ed Easton Jr.’s NFL Draft Combine conversation with a pair of Raiders rookies this season, starting quarterback Aidan O’Connell and wide receiver Tre Tucker. O’Connell described his former Purdue teammate George Karlaftis, and Tucker praised his friend and former Cincinnati teammate Tre Tucker.

Listeners can look forward to being well-informed about the Chiefs’ mindset following their Week 11 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and motivation for this Sunday’s division rivalry game. We take a special look back at Josh Bowen’s story of Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs helping to save New York City restaurant John Brown BBQ during the COVID-19 pandemic in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Check out the link below to get your fill of Chiefs talk ahead of Sunday’s kickoff:

Watch: Amik Robertson, Tre Tucker leaping grabs help Raiders finally break 20-point barrier

Watch: Amik Robertson , Tre Tucker incredible leaping grabs help Raiders finally break 20-point barrier

The Giants keep taking shots, but haven’t cashed in on any of them. The first two were Daniel Jones errant throws down field that fell incomplete. Then Daniel Jones left the game with a leg injury and Tommy DeVito came in for him. Late in the second quarter, DeVito took his first big shot. And Amik Robertson made him pay.

Robertson’s big interception and return gave the Raiders the ball at their own 40-yard line. And the Raiders wasted no time making the Giants pay for their mistake.

Aidan O’Connell dropped back and threw a pass that Jimmy Garoppolo could never. Tre Tucker streaked down field, O’Connell threw it up and Tucker went and got it. Laying out for the 50-yard catch.

Three plays later, the Raiders were in the end zone on a Josh Jacobs run. It was their third TD on the day, giving them 21 points — the first time the offense has scored 20 points in a game this season.

Raiders WR Tre Tucker among biggest risers after Week 7

Raiders WR Tre Tucker among biggest risers after Week 7

One of the most surprising developments of the 2023 season for the Raiders has been the lack of usage from Hunter Renfrow. Though seven games, Renfrow has just eight receptions for 73 yards and no touchdowns.

Why has his role been reduced so much this season? A big reason why is due to the team’s third-round pick, Tre Tucker.

The Raiders wanted to add more speed to their offense this offseason and that is why they used a top-100 pick on Tucker. And after the first two months of the season, it’s not hard to see why the Raiders want to get him more involved on offense.

In a recent article by ESPN, they named each team’s young riser coming out of Week 7. For the Raiders, that was none other than Tucker. Here is what senior writer Paul Gutierrez had to say about the former Cincinnati Bobcat:

The rookie third-round draft pick has not only eaten away at former Pro Bowler Hunter Renfrow’s snaps from the slot, his speed has also made him a downfield target via the deep ball.

His 48-yard pickup against the Patriots in Week 6 is the Raiders’ longest offensive play of the season. And a deep shot from Brian Hoyer at Chicago resulted in a 46-yard pickup thanks to a pass interference penalty.

The expectation is that the Raiders will eventually move on from Renfrow, which should open up more snaps for Tucker. While he is still pretty raw as a receiver, his speed is needed in the offense. Look for the Raiders to continue to play him a ton over the final ten games to speed up his development.

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Raiders Week 3 snap counts vs Steelers: Not much spreading the ball around on offense

Not much spreading the ball around on offense for Raiders

Sunday night, the Raiders offense was pretty clearly running through Davante Adams. Jimmy Garoppolo went to him early and often. The end result was Adams putting up 13 caches for 170 yards and two touchdowns.

At some point, Jakobi Meyers got into the act as well. He would finish with seven catches for 85 yards.

As for anyone else? Not so much.

There were five other wide receivers and tight ends who were active for this game for the Raiders. Among them they played a combined 146 snaps. In those snaps, they combined for four targets. Not catches. Targets.

Here’s how that broke down:

Austin Hooper: 55 snaps, 0 targets
Hunter Renfro: 37 snaps, 2 targets
Michael Mayer: 34 snaps, 1 target* (INT)
Tre Tucker: 12 snaps, 0 targets
DeAndre Carter: 8 snaps, 1 target

*Mayer also had caught the pass on the two-point conversion, though those targets don’t count in the totals. And, honestly, that play should never have happened. The initial two-point conversion attempt was for Meyers, and Minkah Fitzpatrick was called with a bogus pass interference.

Offense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Dylan Parham G 72 100% 3 10%
Kolton Miller T 72 100% 3 10%
Jermaine Eluemunor T 72 100% 3 10%
Andre James C 72 100% 0 0%
Jimmy Garoppolo QB 72 100% 0 0%
Greg Van Roten G 71 99% 3 10%
Davante Adams WR 70 97% 0 0%
Jakobi Meyers WR 62 86% 0 0%
Josh Jacobs RB 59 82% 0 0%
Austin Hooper TE 55 76% 0 0%
Hunter Renfrow WR 37 51% 0 0%
Michael Mayer TE 34 47% 3 10%
Ameer Abdullah RB 12 17% 18 62%
Tre Tucker WR 12 17% 5 17%
DeAndre Carter WR 8 11% 12 41%
Jakob Johnson FB 7 10% 11 38%
Thayer Munford T 3 4% 3 10%
Zamir White RB 1 1% 12 41%
Jordan Meredith G 1 1% 3 10%
Defense Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Robert Spillane LB 62 100% 7 24%
Marcus Epps SS 62 100% 0 0%
Tre’von Moehrig FS 62 100% 0 0%
Jakorian Bennett CB 62 100% 0 0%
Marcus Peters CB 62 100% 0 0%
Maxx Crosby DE 59 95% 5 17%
Divine Deablo LB 52 84% 5 17%
Nate Hobbs CB 51 82% 9 31%
John Jenkins DT 42 68% 5 17%
Bilal Nichols DT 35 56% 5 17%
Jerry Tillery DT 33 53% 6 21%
Malcolm Koonce DE 25 40% 26 90%
Adam Butler DT 20 32% 3 10%
Byron Young DT 18 29% 5 17%
Isaac Rochell DE 17 27% 6 21%
Tyree Wilson DE 11 18% 0 0%
Luke Masterson LB 5 8% 26 90%
David Long CB 4 6% 6 21%
Special Teams Spec Tms
Player Pos Num Pct Num Pct
Roderic Teamer SS 0 0% 26 90%
Brandon Bolden RB 0 0% 26 90%
Jesper Horsted TE 0 0% 21 72%
Isaiah Pola-Mao FS 0 0% 20 69%
AJ Cole III P 0 0% 8 28%
Jacob Bobenmoyer LS 0 0% 8 28%
Daniel Carlson K 0 0% 7 24%
Amik Robertson CB 0 0% 6 21%
Curtis Bolton LB 0 0% 3 10