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Raiders in Very Select Company With WR, RB Rooms

The Las Vegas Raiders are one of only three teams to be ranked in Pro Football Focus' Top 10 in wide receiver and running back groups.
Raiders in Very Select Company With WR, RB Rooms
Raiders in Very Select Company With WR, RB Rooms

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Though the Las Vegas Raiders come off a down season and are still looking to find their identity under the Dave Ziegler-Josh McDaniels regime, on paper, they have one of the best offenses in the league.

Pro Football Focus tweeted a graphic on Saturday of only three teams in the NFL with Top-10 receiver and running back units.

The Raiders were one of them, while the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers were the other two.

It makes sense, considering Las Vegas' wide receiver corps and running back group are led by two of the best at their respective positions in wide receiver Davante Adams and running back Josh Jacobs.

Adams led the league in touchdown receptions (14) to go along with his 1,516 receiving yards last season. He would ultimately be named to his third straight All-Pro First Team and sixth-career Pro Bowl.

Now, Adams will be joined by another great receiver, Jakobi Meyers, who comes off back-to-back seasons of 800-plus receiving yards.

Not to mention, as long as Hunter Renfrow is still in town, the club has one of the best slot receivers in the league, as the wideout is only two seasons removed from a historic Pro Bowl season in which he set the franchise record for receptions in a single season (107).

Adding to all of that, the Raiders selected an impressive young receiver in this year's draft with former Cincinnati wideout Tre Tucker, who also serves as quite the special-teams weapon.

Looking at the running back room, obviously negotiations with Jacobs regarding a new contract are seemingly at a standstill at the moment, but as it stands now, he's still a Raider.

Jacobs, of course, comes off a career season in which he led the league in rushing (1,653 yards) and was selected to his first-ever All-Pro First Team.

The star running back is backed up with some talented depth at the position.

Veteran running back Ameer Abdullah has the experience to be relied upon at any given moment, while also serving as a receiving threat as well.

Those two, mixed with another veteran in Brandon Bolden and young up-and-comers in Zamir White, Brittain Brown and former New York Jet Austin Walter make for a solid running back room.

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