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The Las Vegas Raiders have invested a good amount of capital to fill out the depth chart at running back over the last two offseasons, adding Ashton Jeanty to the roster with the sixth overall pick of the 2025 NFL draft and Mike Washington Jr. in the fourth round this past April.…
How the Raiders’ two backs can play off of each other.
When the Las Vegas Raiders added former Arkansas running back Mike Washington Jr. to the roster in the fourth round of the 2026 NFL draft, the expectation wasn’t that Washington would supplant 2025 first-round pick Ashton Jeanty as the Raiders’ lead back. Instead, the thought was…
While the Las Vegas Raiders used the sixth overall selection on running back Ashton Jeanty last year, the offense headed into the 2026 NFL draft needing to find a complement for Jeanty in the backfield. General manager John Spytek found one in the fourth round, adding former Arka…