Veteran Wide Receiver Jakobi Meyers has been traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars for multiple draft picks.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have traded for one of the most sought-after trade pieces heading into the trade deadline. They have acquired wide receiver Jakobi Meyers from the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for fourth and sixth-round draft picks.
Meyers has made it clear he would welcome a trade earlier in the season, and his wish has been granted, joining a team that is in the middle of a playoff hunt. With injuries mounting in the Jaguars’ receiving room, the addition of Meyers will be a welcome boost to the team as well as fantasy managers. On the season, Meyers has totalled 33 receptions for 352 yards, a much lower production than his last three seasons, where he finished as a WR2 in the majority of formats.
Author: Dane Madoche(@FF_DaMaddog)
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With fewer than two weeks remaining before the start of the 2025 NFL season, veteran wide receiver Amari Cooper has signed a one-year deal to reunite with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Coming off a down year with the Cleveland Browns, and subsequent trade to the Buffalo Bills, Amari Cooper waited all off-season to sign a deal in free agency. The Raiders lack veteran wide receiver depth behind Jakobi Meyers, who publicly requested a trade. There are a few other rookie WRs who may make noise, such as Jack Bech and Dont’e Thornton, but it’s worth noting that Cooper only signed after Meyers made his trade request known.
Unfortunately, Cooper’s archetype of big body outside wide receiver profiles as a steep drop off once production declines, unless he can claim a role in the slot. Tre Tucker and Brock Bowers mostly handle slot duty, leaving little pathway for Cooper to be a productive fantasy asset for 2025. He is an avoid in most formats, and worth last round speculative selection in bestball drafts.
Author: Bradley Stalder (@FFStalder)
The Las Vegas Raiders have hired Chip Kelly as their new Offensive Coordinator and Greg Olson as QB coach.
The Las Vegas Raiders, in the midst of restructuring their coaching staff under new head coach Pete Carroll, have brought in two veteran coaches to handle the offense. Chip Kelly has been hired as the Offensive Coordinator, and Greg Olson will take over as the quarterbacks coach. Both coaches bring extensive experience from both the NFL and championship-caliber college football.
Kelly, 61, has previously served as the head coach for the Eagles, 49ers, and the University of Oregon and UCLA. Most recently, Kelly was the Offensive Coordinator for the 2024 National Champion Ohio State Buckeyes. He joins a growing list of successful NCAA coaches making the jump to, or returning to, the NFL after National Championship bids, including Jim Harbaugh, Todd Monken, and Ryan Grubb. All three saw significant turnarounds with their new NFL teams in their first year, something that is a pressing need for owner Mark Davis, new GM John Spytek, and Carroll. Kelly has long been regarded as an innovative mind, and the tape from the Buckeyes’ 2024 season shows he hasn’t missed a step.
Olson returns to the Raiders for his third stint, having previously served as the Offensive Coordinator in Oakland. His last NFL stop was as quarterbacks coach in Seattle in 2023 under Carroll. While the Raiders’ plan at quarterback for 2025 remains uncertain—given the upcoming free agency period and NFL Draft—the team must be confident that regardless of whether they sign a free agent, draft a quarterback in an early round, or proceed with Aidan O’Connell, the offense will be in knowledgeable hands.
Kelly’s reputation is built on increasing the speed and efficiency of the offense, which has implications for fantasy players like tight end Brock Bowers and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers. Bowers, already considered TE1, will likely continue to play a major role in the offense. Meanwhile, Meyers, who thrived in 2024, is expected to return to a slot role, where he is best suited. Bowers has already established himself as one of the best rookie receivers in history, and Meyers will look to build on his breakout season. The Raiders will need to add a true “alpha” receiver to fill the role once occupied by Davante Adams before he was traded to the New York Jets. The futures of the quarterbacks and running backs, including Zamir White and Alexander Mattison, remain uncertain.
Writer: Brendon Booth (@bigbonededFFB)
The Las Vegas Raiders and Pete Carroll have reportedly agreed to make Carroll the new Raiders Head Coach.
The Las Vegas Raiders concluded their disappointing 2024 season by relieving Head Coach Antonio Pierce and General Manager Tom Telesco of their duties. In an attempt to reconstruct the leadership of the team, the Raiders have hired John Spytek as GM, and have reportedly reached a deal with Pete Carroll to be the Head Coach.
Spytek, with his previous connections to Tom Brady, helped build a Super Bowl champion in Tampa, and Carroll won his own ring as the HC of the Seattle Seahawks, so the respective legacies aren’t in doubt. The fact that Carroll is 74 years old, and the contract is only a 3 year deal, allude to more turnover in the Raiders’ near future, which is a head scratcher. Mark Davis had the opportunity to hire someone younger and more “fresh” with the idea of building a lasting program. Instead, it seems the idea is to allow Carroll to put pieces in place that will carry on what he builds, when he, inevitably, departs.
The team personnel, free agency, and draft implications remain to be uncovered as Spytek and Carroll begin to build the coaching staff. Offensive Coordinator is up for grabs and the future of Defensive Coordinator Patrick Graham is uncertain.
Author: Brendon Booth (@bigbonededffb)
Tom Telesco is out as Las Vegas’ General Manager, after terrible year.
Two days after relieving Antonio Pierce of his head coaching duties, the Las Vegas Raiders have fire General Manager Tom Telesco. Telesco had been with the Raiders for about one calendar year.
Telesco served one draft cycle for the Raiders and orchestrated one of the best drafts the team has seen in it’s history. While not being able to add a quarterback in the early rounds, Telesco drafted TE Brock Bowers who set all-time rookie records for receptions and TE receiving yards. He also added Jackson Powers-Johnson and DJ Glaze to the offensive line, both being good enough to earn major roles, and CB Decamerion Richardson who played very well in a limited capacity.
While he had a good draft, the rest of Telesco’s tenure was fraught with failure. The hiring of OC Luke Getsy stands out as a terrible move, hand-in-hand with the signing of quarterback Gardner Minshew and making him the starter to begin the season.
The Raiders will, likely, now hire a GM who will make the head coaching decision. These moves will have no effect on the fantasy prospects of Brock Bowers or Jakobi Meyers in 2025, and both remain imminently rosterable, with Bowers being the likely TE1 in all formats
Brendon Booth | @bigbonededFFB
The Las Vegas Raiders trading their alpha WR leaves room for other pass catchers to ascend.
The Las Vegas Raiders have traded WR Davante Adams to the New York Jets. Adams had been the target leader for the Raiders in the games that he played before injuring his hamstring during Week 4 practice. Subsequently, his absence opens the door for other pass catchers to ascend.
WR Jakobi Meyers will be the first beneficiary of targets in the Raiders offense. In Meyers’ first five games of 2023, two played without Adams, Meyers averaged just over 7 targets per game, highest among the Raiders WR corps. Primarily, and excellently, a slot receiver, Meyers will be moved over to supplant Adams’ role as the X, or, outside and in-line receiver…the WR1. Meyers’ best season came in 2023 opposite Adams. He accrued 1028 air yards on 106 targets and a career-high 8 TDs. His ascension should result in similar numbers, rest-of-season.
The other major beneficiary of the target vacuum will be TE Brock Bowers. Bowers, the current PPR TE2, received 12 and 10 targets in the Raiders last two games without Adams. He has outpaced all of the Raiders’ pass catchers thus far and will continue to do so. Having scored just one TD will positively regress and he will finish the season as the TE1, barring injury.
There are other pass catchers who’s roles will increase in the Raiders’ offensive attack. WR Tre Tucker didn’t see much action in Week 6, although he did have 20 targets in the three games prior. Tight ends Harrison Bryant and Michael Mayer, when he returns to the team, will benefit, as will Week 6 surprise Kristian Wilkerson.
Bowers, Meyers, and Tucker should be rostered in all formats, while Bryant, Mayer, Wilkerson, and the rest will remain deep league streaming options.
Brendon Booth | @bigbonededFFB
