With Tre’von Moehrig, the Las Vegas Raiders have a young deep safety who can be molded into an NFL takeaway artists — much like he was in college (TCU). Moehrig has the speed, instinct and tackling ability to be the free safety for a long time coming.
But what about his running mate on the opposite side?
Vegas has an incumbent heat-seeking strong safety who can lay the lumber with the best of them in Jonathan Abram. But that isn’t enough. Not in today’s NFL where aerial theatrics litter the landscape. The Raiders need an impact strong safety and there’s one of the open market who checks the boxes of swagger, hard hits, and — more importantly — cover skills: Tyrann Mathieu.