The world was introduced to Raiders star tight end Darren Waller in an early episode of HBO's Hard Knocks this year that chronicled his comeback from addiction and fell in love. Raiders fans that were still tuning in to the team in the 2018 season were already quite familiar with Waller and had circled him as a breakout candidate and that is precisely what he did.
The Raiders scooped him up off the Ravens practice squad in November 2018 and he made his first impact a few weeks later in losing effort against the Bengals with this catch and run that nearly resulted in a touchdown.