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It wasn\u2019t an easy 2025 NFL season for Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>\u2018 Ashton Jeanty. There was the stance change pushed by former offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, which was later reverted back, along with the issues on the offensive line. As a result, Jeanty faced an uphill battle, but he was still able to perform.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nonetheless, last season with the Raiders, Jeanty posted a 70.4 overall PFF grade<\/a>, ranking 34th out of 55 qualified running backs. His 73.1 rushing grade also placed 34th in that group.<\/p>\n Jeanty handled a heavy workload with 266 carries for 975 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 3.7 yards per attempt. He forced 61 missed tackles and averaged 3.1 yards after contact per carry, showing his strength between the tackles.<\/p>\n The Raiders standout also contributed in the passing game, catching 55 of 68 targets for 346 yards and five touchdowns. Despite the challenges, Jeanty recorded over 1,000 yards from scrimmage, and heading into Year 2, former Raiders offensive lineman Marshall Newhouse sees a bigger season for the running back. <\/p>\n \u201cI think [Jeanty] is ripe, especially given how much [Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak] still wants to run the football, for a blow-up second year,\u201d Newhouse said on the April 17 edition of the \u201cJust Win Podcast.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cEspecially in this new NFL, I love running backs, I always will as a lineman, but the value for running backs, especially rookie ones, comes in these first four years. <\/p>\n \u201cSo to me, they\u2019re going to be giving him the rock. He\u2019s going to get some touches in the passing game\u2026 So even with how good a rookie season I believe he had, given the circumstances, with just a little more stability, better blocking, and a better scheme, he is ripe for an explosive second year.\u201d<\/p>\n Raiders HC Klint Kubiak Talks Ashton Jeanty<\/p>\n On February 10, Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak didn\u2019t hold back his thoughts on Jeanty heading into next season as the Silver and Black look to get more out of their star running back in 2026.<\/p>\n \u201cVery excited about [Jeanty\u2019s] skill set and what he brings,\u201d Kubiak said about Jeanty<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of tape to catch up on.\u00a0I saw him play a lot of snaps at\u00a0Boise [State].\u00a0Very excited about his talent. The thing I would tell him and all his teammates is that it\u2019s not just about one guy.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get the line on the same page; we\u2019ve got to get our quarterback to get the right run checks. We\u2019ve got to get our receivers to go block for him so that we can get the play action going. But as soon as our players can realize it\u2019s a team thing and not an individual thing, we\u2019re going to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n Las Vegas Blunt Message Over Ashton Jeanty<\/p>\n Moreover, former\u00a0NFL running back Maurice Jones-Drew shared how the Raiders should be using Jeanty next season.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to find a way to find a coach that\u2019s creative enough to get him in space and to get him running like Christian McCaffrey does, like Kyle Shannon does with Christian McCaffrey, \u201d\u00a0Jones-Drew said on\u00a0the Jan. 23 edition of \u201c89 with Steve Smith and James Palmer.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cSo to me, that type of offense with that type of usage where he\u2019s up at wide receiver, he\u2019s in the backfield, he\u2019s motioning, all this creativity stuff. Oh, he would excel in that.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tEduardo Razo<\/a> Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. 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