Raiders signing veteran wide receiver to $35 million contract in free agency
The Las Vegas Raiders have added to their wide receivers room.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefterthe Raiders are signing former Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jalen Nailor to a three-year, $35 million deal.
Nailor’s contract with the Raiders contains $24 million assured.
“Raiders have agreed to terms with WR Jalen Nailor on a three year, $35 million deal including $23 million guaranteed,” Schefter reported.
A former sixth-round choose of the Vikings, Nailor has damaged the 400-yard mark in every of the previous two seasons. While not nice, it is honest to level out that he was in a crowded wide receivers room behind Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison.
The feeling in league circles is Nailor is significantly better than his manufacturing would point out and his finest days are forward of him if he can get extra seems.
He ought to get these seems in Las Vegas, because the Raiders do not have a lot in their wide receivers room. The jury remains to be out on Jack Bech and Dont’e Thornton, and Tre Tucker is probably the most established participant in the room.
This shouldn’t be the ultimate transfer for the Raiders at wide receiver, as they nonetheless want extra assist for incoming franchise quarterback hopeful Fernando Mendoza.
It’s doable we see one other signing in free agency, and we’d count on Las Vegas to use considered one of its many draft picks on a wideout, too.
