The Las Vegas Raiders have had a good turnout at OTAs so far this offseason for Klint Kubiak’s first time.
The Las Vegas Raiders are in their second week of OTAs. Last week, they practiced for three days while the rest of the division sat at home. This week, the Raiders are back at it, as the Kansas City Chiefs start their OTAs, and the Denver Broncos start theirs next week.
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This week, the Raiders had pretty good attendance to start. They met on Tuesday and are set to finish the week of practice with a session on Thursday and Friday. On Tuesday, the Raiders had good news: two of their newest players showed up for OTAs after missing the previous week. New wide receiver Jalen Nailor, previously on the Vikings, was at practice. Along with him was new defensive tackle Benito Jones.
Jalen Nailor and Benito Jones were back at Raiders OTAs today after missing last Wednesday's open session.
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Remember, OTAs are voluntary, so players don't have to be there. So, they shouldn't be slighted at these two guys for not being there. The fact that they are there this week is great. The Raiders need all of their new players there as much as possible to install all of the new systems they are learning, whether it's offense, defense, or even special teams.
Jalen Nailor could be wide receiver one for the Raiders
The three-year, $35 million deal makes Nailor the 34th highest-paid WR in the league based on APY. So, the Raiders clearly believe that Nailor can be a low-end WR1 or high-end WR2. Most importantly, he's bringing something with him that not many other receivers in his position can-learning from the best receiver in the league, every day for the last four years.
On 49 targets in 2025, Nailor had just one drop, something that neither he nor Jefferson is known for. When you see the kind of consistency every day from Jefferson, it eventually rubs off on you, and Nailor had a heck of a season, one that was underrated in a way where not many know just how good he was. The yards and touchdowns don't tell the whole story, even though Nailor did, in fact, lead the Vikings in touchdowns.
Nailor is one of the best WRs in the league at getting first downs. That goes for after the catch or catching the ball at the sticks. According to Sports Info Solutions, Nailor had the eighth-best first-down percentage in the league at 79.3%. Nailor was also 24th in average depth of target and 22nd in average depth of completion. Those two stats really show how much work the receiver is doing every play. It’s also a good metric for seeing just how important a receiver is to his team.
Despite being the third guy behind Jefferson and Jordan Addison, he's in the upper echelon in advanced stats. There are 32 WR1s in the league. Nailor was a WR3 but has advanced stats that place him in the top 24 receivers in the league, despite not having an elite yards metric, as he had just over 440 yards in 2025. The Raiders decided not to draft a WR high in the draft for a reason.