To say Josh McDaniels loves running backs who can catch out of the backfield is an understatement. In the Las Vegas Raiders new head coach’s kitchen, receiving backs are the pepper to his salt. It’s a necessary ingredient to what McDaniels is cooking up.
Fortunately for the Silver & Black’s new offensive architect, McDaniels doesn’t have to look very far to find a tailback who can run routes and catch passes as there’s already a prime in-house candidate: Kenyan Drake. While there was contention just how much he was used when Jon Gruden was the Raiders play caller, the 28-year-old running back is a multi-dimensional ball carrier who is adept at catching the rock, too.