{"id":115374,"date":"2024-04-28T03:44:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T03:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=115374"},"modified":"2024-04-28T03:45:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T03:45:07","slug":"raiders-signing-explosive-wr-to-contract-report-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/raiders-signing-explosive-wr-to-contract-report-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders Signing Explosive WR to Contract: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1671001588.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Lideatrick Griffin\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"224\" data-dom-ready-time=\"250\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders WR Lideatrick Griffin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wide receiver is a position the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0could\u2019ve easily addressed in the draft. The team cut\u00a0Hunter Renfrow\u00a0and hasn\u2019t re-signed\u00a0DeAndre Carter.<\/p>\n<p>The team decided against drafting one but was able to add one in free agency. The Raiders are signing former Mississippi State wide receiver Lideatrick Griffin, per an\u00a0April 27 X post\u00a0from NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero.<\/p>\n<div id=\"f8464669cd5b2b05ce9669ca0e360837\">\n<article>Former Mississippi State WR Lideatrick \u201cTulu\u201d Griffin is signing with the\u00a0#Raiders, per source.<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>Griffin is actually a very intriguing prospect for the Raiders to pick up. He wasn\u2019t overly productive in college. He only had\u00a01,490 combined receiving yards\u00a0and nine touchdowns across four seasons in college. However, he proved to be very athletic during the pre-draft process.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin ran for a 4.43 40-yard dash and the NFL Scouting Combine and had one of the best athleticism scores of all the eligible wide receivers. He\u2019s going to be a project but he has the athletic traits to be a deep threat for the Raiders. He\u2019ll be a player to watch in training camp.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lideatrick Griffin\u2019s Draft Profile<\/h2>\n<p>There will be an opportunity for Griffin to make the Raiders roster considering they need more depth at the position. In his draft profile on the wide receiver, NFL.com\u2019s Lance Zierlein had a sixth-round grade on Griffin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe draft grade is lower than the flashes on tape, but projecting the ceiling seems a little too risky with his evaluation,\u201d Zierlein wrote in\u00a0Griffin\u2019s draft profile. \u201cGriffin is on the thinner side, but he\u2019s a willing run finisher after the catch and as a kick returner. He\u2019s a gifted athlete with explosive acceleration and the tools to become a challenging man cover option. Griffin doesn\u2019t play with nearly enough focus and will cruise through routes rather than finishing them with tempo. While the tools are there for him to become a more well-rounded receiver, Griffin might not develop into much more than a specialty receiver with kick-return value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear that Griffin has some intriguing potential but he\u2019s going to have to put in some work. He\u2019s going to get to learn from\u00a0Davante Adams, who is one of the best in the business.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Las Vegas Raiders See Brock Bowers as More Than TE<\/h2>\n<p>One reason the Raiders may have skipped over drafting a wide receiver is because first-round pick\u00a0Brock Bowers\u00a0is a versatile weapon. He\u2019s listed as a tight end but it sounds like Las Vegas has a lot of plans for him based on what general manager Tom Telesco is saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you get a chance to add just another dimension to the offensive, whether it\u2019s a tight end, hybrid receiver, whatever it is, you need more playmakers on that side of the ball,\u201d\u00a0Telesco said\u00a0during his April 25 media availability. \u201cSo, I think he\u2019s really going to help us there and I feel like he\u2019s a high-level player in college; a true junior, he\u2019s 21 years old, so he\u2019s very young still, still developing. But he has some natural football skills, combined with some high-level athletic ability and speed, so yeah, I\u2019m really happy to have him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowers has the ability to play as a slot receiver but can also win deep. Considering the Raiders already have\u00a0Michael Mayer, it\u2019s possible that they\u2019ll use Bowers in more creative ways while Mayer does most of the traditional tight end duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders WR Lideatrick Griffin. Wide receiver is a position the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0could\u2019ve easily addressed in the draft. The team cut\u00a0Hunter Renfrow\u00a0and hasn\u2019t re-signed\u00a0DeAndre Carter. 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