Watching Tre Tucker effortlessly glide past secondaries in the first two preseason games, you get good sense of why the Las Vegas Raiders drafted the Cincinnati Bearcat speedster in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft. The speed harkens back to the old school Silver & Black ways of just torch ‘em, baby.
But along with that scintillating athleticism came mistakes.
While Tucker proved he has more than enough speed to play in the pros, the ball clanging off his hands on a would-be touchdown pass from veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer in the Raider’s second preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams last Saturday was disconcerting.