About this time last year, Raiders head coach Jon Gruden and general manager Mike Mayock were wondering if No. 1 wide receiver Antonio Brown was going to be on the field for the start of training camp. They don’t have any such worries about this season’s top wideout. Rookie Henry Ruggs III and the Raiders
Raiders get top draft pick Henry Ruggs III under contract through 2023
After the circus involving Brown last year, this is really welcome news.
Now let’s get the rest of the draft class signed up so the team has one less distraction. To deal with amid all the weirdness of this pre-season.
Just a thought on heading into the new season with no pre-season games at all: it will make week 1 a really interesting week for those of us who like to make a wager – nothing to go on except last year and hunches/opinions on additions and new coaches. It could be a wild ride with some weird results over the first few weeks, with plenty of errors as teams bed in. (Assuming we get any games at all!).