Las Vegas Raiders Release Tight End And Linebacker After Loss To Dolphins
The Las Vegas Raiders fell to a 2-8 record on Sunday after their loss to the Miami Dolphins. It’s looking more clear that the 2024 season is looking like a wash for the Raiders, who have struggled to get anything going on both sides of the ball. Following the game, the team released a couple of their players. Las Vegas released tight end Trevon Wesco and linebacker Blake Lynch from the practice squad on Tuesday, according to the tea
Wesco has been in the league since 2019 and has played for the New York Jets, Chicago Bears, and the Tennessee Titans. HE has only amounted to 134 receiving yards and nine catches in his career.
Lynch has been around since 2020 and has played for the Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Chargers. He has only recorded 51 tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble. The Raiders fans have been wanting the team to make a big move all season for either a quarterback or some weapons on offense, but the team seems to be in tank mode to secure a top draft pick. Fans are starting to give up hope on 2024 and are ready to move on to the future.
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2024 NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year: My top five candidates in each race
Early in the 2024 season, Jayden Daniels opened up a yawning gap in the Offensive Rookie of the Year race the size of the Grand Canyon. The Washington Commanders quarterback performed so impeccably that he was on one side of the gorge and the rest of the rookie class was foraging on the other. A fortnight ago, Daniels seemed a shoo-in for the award.
Then Bo Nix made a move. And Daniels’ stumbles against Pittsburgh and Philadelphia — two excellent defenses — opened the door for the Denver QB, whose odds of winning the award jumped up this week (+300).
It still might take an Indiana Jones-esque leap for Nix to actually cross the canyon and threaten Daniels’ claim, but the way the Broncos signal-caller has shined in recent weeks makes it a possibility.
In Week 11, Nix had a historic day, becoming the first rookie in NFL history to complete 80-plus percent of his passes (84.8), earn four passing TDs and throw for 300-plus yards in a game (304). It marked Nix’s fourth game with a 70 percent completion rate, two-plus passing TDs and zero INTs, tying him with Dak Prescott (2016) for most such games by a rookie in the common draft era. Nix was a sensation, looking every bit the signal-caller Sean Payton boasted about after the draft. The rookie diced up Atlanta’s defense like a crisp onion. He zipped lasers to Devaughn Vele and awesome back-shoulders to Courtland Sutton. Nix read the Falcons’ defense like a Dr. Seuss book: in rhythm.
I’ll add one caveat: It wasn’t Nix’s most impressive performance. All four of his TD tosses were layups, coming on two uncovered targets and two WR screens that Atlanta defended as if it had never seen the concept before. Nix did well to find his guys, but Payton schemed those scores up.
The better performance was the previous week, in Denver’s loss to Kansas City — an actual good defense. The stats weren’t as gaudy, but he still completed 73.3 percent of 30 attempts against a Chiefs unit that bullies opponents. Facing the back-to-back champs, Nix marched his team for what should have been the game-winning drive while Patrick Mahomes watched helplessly from the sideline. A blocked field-goal try ruined the party, but that afternoon showed Nix’s cojones. This week, he added the stats to garner proper attention.
Perhaps the best compliment I can give Nix is that he’s a rookie currently acing his 300-level course. After a cringy start to the season, the signal-caller has been an extension of Payton. He’s winning before the snap with regularity; he appears to knows who should be open and gets it out quickly, with his pinpoint accuracy allowing him to spray all three levels. It’s the kind of precision Denver hasn’t seen from a quarterback since Peyton Manning retired.
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