It sure looked like it was going to be a running back by committee approach for Josh McDaniels’ Las Vegas Raiders last offseason, didn’t it?
A number of instances made it appear a timeshare was on the horizon in the Silver & Black backfield. General manager Dave Ziegler declined to exercise bell cow back Josh Jacobs’ fifth-year option. Then Ziegler selected Georgia running back Zamir White with the 122nd overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft (fourth round) and UCLA tailback Brittain Brown with the 250th selection (seventh round). The two NFL neophytes joined veterans Brandon Bolden and Ameer Abdullah in a crowded running back room in Las Vegas.