Can Ashton Jeanty Save the Raiders Run Game From Rock Bottom?

Can Ashton Jeanty Save the Raiders Run Game From Rock Bottom?

Can Ashton Genty drag the Raiders run game out of the dumpster? So, yes, 100%. 100%. I think a lot of um the issues that we had going into last season was just a a a terrible running run blocking scheme set aside by uh the offensive line coach and Luke Gatsy. And it was just not enough time for Joel Filin and and Turner and Turner to fix it. It got better as the year progressed. You know, even uh Amir Abdullah had a 100redyard game at the end of the season. So, it started getting better uh with guys that were backup players. You not a guy to the uh to the talent of Ashton Genty or even Raheem Mostard for that matter. And the two guys that we had kind of being the lead backs in the beginning of the season just were a guy that people thought could be a starter, but it was more of a backup in Zamir White and um Alexander Madison who was a career backup. So, it’s not like we were putting these these uh top end talent at running back out there and then we were just getting stuff. We had a very poor running back room as far as talent goes. arguably the worst running back room in the entire
It probably was the worst because we didn’t have really a lead back. We didn’t really have one.
It’s like it’s hard to think of like a worst one and obviously made worse with Gety arguably the worst offensive coordinator in football. So, there’s a lot of things. Um there’s a ton of there. So, there’s one thing worrying about me and it’s just like the amount of distance that needs to be covered because we weren’t just the worst run game in football. We’re the worst run game in football by a mile. Like it was really bad. Um, so there’s a lot of distance to cover to get the Raider run game to just average, let alone good, but there’s a lot of things going for us this year, right? Pete Carol’s dedication to the run. We might just even make it up in volume, right? That just like there’s going to be a dedication to it. The threat of the deep ball, Gino Smith has a rocking of a deep ball. None of our quarterbacks last year could throw a decent deep ball. They can crowd the box and they didn’t even bother because the run game was so so terrible. Um, and I think the the giant wild card is Chip Kelly and what type of offense he’s going to scheme up. He’s proven to be uh pretty flexible and adjusting to who he has, what what personnel he’s got. Um, and even when he had, you know, when he was the uh OC of Ohio State and almost every single time the far superior roster, maybe maybe one game they played a team that was, you know, equal to them talent-wise. Not even Michigan who beat him was I would say as equal talent-wise, only in the trenches maybe. Anyway, I uh rambling on. But what can Chip Kelly do about it, too? because he needs to be able to lean into Ashton Genty’s strengths and also get the most of this O line. And like I’ve said a h 100 times, my my my primary concern, there’s not a lot of concerns I have with Chip, but my primary concern is he demands a lot of his O line and our line is not elite. Um it’s it’s it’s probably it’s a good chance it could be below average. Um, so they’re going he’s going to have to scheme getting trash run game out of last year. Basically starting from scratch and scheming with the tools that he has, a great backup tight end, a good left tackle, a burgeoning center, um potentially hopefully this phenomenal new rookie running back that’s going to take the entire NFL by storm and make it balanced enough where everything plays off the other. enough deep balls so that you can run the ball. Enough running the ball so you can do play action. Enough intermediate balls to Brock and etc. Hopefully we have an X that comes, you know, that um of the guys that we have. Someone steps up as a big speedster to take the ceiling off, etc., etc. I think it all works together. And the fact that there is better talent every everything that you that you talked on or touched on, there’s better talent now.
Mhm. better talent in the coaching rooms, better talent on the offensive line, better talent outside at receiver, better talent at running back, better talent calling plays, uh, better talent at quarterback. So, everywhere you look, so it’s not just the line. It’s not just Ashen Genty. Everything that you see, everywhere you look around, there’s more talent than there was last year. We had just look if you’re a defense facing the Raiders last season, you’re just saying, “Dude, Aiden Okonnell, Gardenner, Mchu, whoever else is back there, I dare you to beat me with your arm.”
Mhm.
The only way you can really beat us is if you control the clock and you run the ball on us and wear us down. That’s the only way you can win.
Yeah.
And unless we beat ourselves. And um this is something that a lot of the defenses said, “Okay, let’s just pack the box and make it harder for them to run.” And uh you know, the the quarterback arms don’t have the type of talent to beat you on their own. So, uh if they end up doing it, well, let’s just tip our caps to them like like Baltimore did. Like, hey, you know what? You guys got us.
You know, you got some sacks when you needed to at the end of the game. You kicked some field goals and uh you got us, you know. Uh but ultimately 13 times uh the defense had it right in the opposing team. So it’s not just as simple as can Ash and Genty do it because it’s not just Ash and Genty that’s being that that’s an upgrade from last year. Now I will say everything that’s my clickbait. That’s just my clickbait for the name of the video. But but with that being said, everything the same.

Can Ashton Jeanty Save the Raiders Run Game From Rock Bottom?

The Raiders had the worst run game in the NFL last season — and it wasn’t even close. Josh Jacobs masked the flaws for a while, but 2023 was a disaster on the ground.

Enter Ashton Jeanty.

RJ Clifford and Juan Soto ask the real question: Can the 6th overall pick drag this rushing attack out of the dumpster? From Pete Carroll’s dedication to the run, to Chip Kelly’s wild-card play calling, to a totally revamped O-line and QB room — everything’s on the table.

💥 Topics:

Why Jeanty is already better than any back the Raiders had last year

What went wrong with Getsy and the run-blocking scheme

How Gino Smith and the deep ball might help

The Chip Kelly X-factor and offensive talent overhaul

Realistic expectations for Jeanty’s rookie production

📢 Sound off in the comments: How many yards will Jeanty get in 2025?

00:00 – Can Jeanty Save the Raiders Run Game?
00:36 – Josh Jacobs Carried a Broken Offense
01:09 – Last Year’s RB Room Was Trash
01:40 – Getsy & the Blocking Scheme Were a Mess
02:15 – Jeanty + Mostert = Massive Upgrade
02:50 – Chip Kelly’s Role & O-Line Limitations
03:45 – Gino Smith’s Deep Ball Changes the Box
04:20 – Better Talent Everywhere = Better Run Game
05:05 – Would Jeanty Have Helped Last Year Too?

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