Once Jakob Johnson didn’t receive a restricted free agent tender from the New England Patriots, there was only one logical spot where the fullback would end up: With the Las Vegas Raiders. In turn, when the Silver & Black didn’t tender their own in-house restricted free agent fullback Alec Ingold, Johnson’s arrival in the desert was only a matter of time.
Thus, the 6-foot-3, 255-pound sledgehammer-type blocking fullback — who was in that role when new Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels was the play caller in New England — is the favorite to claim the role in Las Vegas.