This is ranking season in the NFL and the Raiders have fared well offensively at various positions, with players having been placed in the top 10 of several rankings by different sports pundits.
That trend continued on Tuesday with Pro Football Focus (PFF) ranking the Raiders’ tight ends No. 8 in the NFL. PFF is an analytics-based website, so metrics are key to their rankings. (It is ranking the tight ends as complete units and just not ranking the starters.)
Still, the starters are driving the rankings. San Francisco is ranked No. 1 and their starter, George Kittle, is widely considered the best tight end in the NFL heading into the 2002 season.