It’s almost funny to think how excited a lot of fans were at the possibility of a wide receiver group in Oakland comprised of Amari Cooper, Jordy Nelson, Martavis Bryant, Ryan Switzer, and Seth Roberts. The possibilities seemed endless. Then those possibilities ended. And it wasn’t a soft landing.
Switzer was traded away before the season. Amari Cooper and Jordy Nelson each had one good game, Martavis Bryant was a ghost and the Raiders were sitting at 1-5.
From there, Cooper was traded to Dallas, Bryant went on IR and was later suspended, Nelson struggled with injuries, Brandon LaFell went from inactive to starter before he was lost for the season, and Ateman was called up from the practice squad and named a starter.