If you can’t beat them, enlist them.
In this case, we’re talking about tight ends. The Raiders have not often been able to cover them in Jack Del Rio’s two years as head coach, so they grabbed one off the free-agent market.
Presto! They don’t have to worry about covering Jared Cook ever again.
In all seriousness, Oakland plans to give opponents a taste of their own medicine. The tight ends have been the stars of training camp, with Derek Carr often throwing to his new 6-foot-5, 254-pound target; Lee Smith, Clive Walford and Gabe Holmes have looked very good as well.