It’s been a tough rookie season for Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty. The No. 6 overall pick has been running behind a terrible offensive line and hasn’t had much breathing room for the majority of the year, leading to a stat line that falls well short of many people’s expectations. However, even in a loss to the Houston Texans, the Boise State product managed to silence a lot of doubters.

The Texans came into Week 16 with the NFL’s top-ranked defense, and Jeanty managed to find the end zone twice against them. Once on a 60-yard touchdown catch that gave the Raiders a one-point lead in the third quarter, and the other score came on a 51-yard run to make it a one-possession contest with 5:24 to play.

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He ended the day with 188 yards from scrimmage, including 128 and 5.3 yards per carry on the ground, to provide some encouragement heading into next season. So, despite Las Vegas leaving Houston with a 23-21 loss, this was about as good a performance as the 2-13 club could have asked for, and it leads to a much more positive tone from the internet compared to the last couple of months.

The route and run from Jeanty were things of beauty!

Brock Bowers also had a solid outing with five catches, 33 yards and a touchdown.

Raiderfan94

Can’t believe people were saying we should trade Jeanty lmao

OLine is the floor for the run game.

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RB is the ceiling.

Now imagine Jeanty when the line can consistently get some push in the run game.

With the Tennessee Titans beating the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday couldn’t have gone much better for the Raiders. That sets up for a “great” Tank Bowl next week!

ResDog

This was the type of loss we were hoping for. Two more, please.

LBRaider1

This was a really pretty loss lol

Do you believe Pete Carroll that he loves working with John Spytek? Well, play the guys Spytek drafted then!

Could this be the future?

SacRaider

Mendoza

Brock

Jeanty

Solid OL

And we’re on to something.

I second the message below. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Raider Nation!

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WalkdaPlank

Merry Christmas fellow Raiders 🎅🌲🎅🌲🎅🌲