2nd-year wide receiver isn’t making huge impact
Tre Tucker is essentially a starting wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders in his second season.
The question is he going to do enough to show he can be a starting quality player for Las Vegas in 2025 or will the franchise have to add that position to their growing list of offseason needs?
Tucker has played, at least, 84 percent of the snaps and played more that 90 percent in four of the five games the Raiders have played since the Davante Adams saga started that resulted him in being traded.
The speedy third-round pick in 2023 hasn’t been overly productive during this time span, however. He has just nine catches (on 24 targets) for 85 yards in the past five games. That is a low production rate for a player on the field as much as Tucker has been.
For the season, the Cincinnati product has 25 catches (on 44 targets) for 257 yards with one touchdown for a per catch average of 10.2 yards,
The Raiders expected a big leap in production from Tucker in 2024 and coach Antonio Pierce praised him repeatedly in the offseason, saying he was a different player from his rookie campaign.
Tucker had his moments as a rookie, but he was inconsistent had trouble bringing in the ball.
Yet, he displayed his great speed at times and he averaged 17.4 yards per catch as he had 19 catches for 331 yards. Thus, this season, Tucker’s catch rate is up, but his per catch yards average is way down.
He just hasn’t shown he can consistently produce for a player who is in the field a lot. While No, 1 receiver Jakobi Meyers has made an impact and will for sure be part of the 2025 plan, Tucker has to show the rest of the season he can be counted as a primary part of the offense in the future.
