LAS VEGAS, Nev.–The Las Vegas Raiders’ offense had arguably its best outing of the season against the Chicago Bears in Week 4. Las Vegas’ offensive line did not allow a sack and paved the way for running back Ashton Jeanty to finally break lose.
However, Week 5 will pose a new set of hurdles, as the Raiders’ offense must move forward without one of the league’s best offensive tackles, Kolton Miller.
Q: We asked last week about getting Ashton Jeanty more involved in the passing game and you said, “Definitely.” You wanted to. He got two catches, two touchdowns. Is that something you want to continue to develop even more?
Coach Kelly: “Yeah, if every catch is a touchdown, then we’re all on board. No, but I mean, it’s just the nature of our offense in terms of where we are. They were both red zone opportunities for him. And sometimes people, you obviously look at it, they’re playing zone, and they dropped out, so we dropped it down.
“They made you run it in, so we threw the ball in front of them, and Ashton [Jeanty] did a good job on the linebacker and ran it in. So, all those guys, Ashton, Raheem [Mostert], they can do some different things. Zamir [White] was our third-down back before. [Dylan] Laube’s done some good things on third down. It just depends on how defenses are going to deploy themselves to defend you in the passing game. And we do have some weapons out wide in Brock [Bowers] and Jakobi [Meyers], and Tuck [Tre Tucker].
“So, if you’re going to focus on them and maybe think about doubling one of those guys, then that means the back is going to be one-on-one, and then those guys have to be a factor in the passing game.”