Raiders could be players for DeSean Jackson, Odell Beckham

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Raiders are apt to enactment presumption quo astatine wide receiver erstwhile they play the New York Giants connected Sunday.

For now, Zay Jones volition beryllium the replacement for Henry Ruggs, who the Raiders released connected Tuesday aft Ruggs was progressive successful a car crash that killed a 23-year-old woman. He was arrested and faces charges of DUI resulting successful decease and reckless driving.

But that does not mean assistance isn’t connected the way.

In the span of a mates of days this week, 2 NFL wide receivers offering enticing possibilities to the Raiders were abruptly waived by their erstwhile teams. While DeSean Jackson has already cleared waivers aft being chopped by the Los Angeles Rams and is escaped to motion with the squad of his choosing, the Raiders mightiness take to hold for the Odell Beckham concern to wide up earlier making a determination connected what absorption to take.

Beckham was released connected Friday by the Cleveland Browns, and his waiver ligament process volition propulsion done to Monday. The Raiders, sitting astatine the 25th spot successful the pecking order, person a slugger’s accidental of Beckham falling to them. If helium clears waivers, helium would beryllium a beardown anticipation arsenic a escaped cause signing.

According to aggregate manufacture sources, the merchandise of Ruggs has the Raiders funny successful some Jackson and Beckham. The patience they person shown not rushing into an statement with Jackson suggests the Raiders privation to measurement each options.

With everyone’s roster acceptable earlier this weekend’s games, it seems improbable idiosyncratic would motion Jackson a time earlier their game, past chopped idiosyncratic to marque country for him, adjacent though chances are slim he’d beryllium capable to play.

More likely, immoderate squad that signs Jackson volition hold until the opening of adjacent week arsenic it gives him and his caller nine a caput commencement successful getting acceptable for adjacent week’s games.

Additionally, the declaration anyone offers Jackson volition undoubtedly beryllium a league minimum fig successful which the Rams prime up the remaining equilibrium of his 2021 contract. That means Jackson won’t beryllium choosing a caller location based connected fiscal considerations but alternatively acceptable and location.

A week agone the Raiders would person been a distant enactment for Jackson, who was voicing displeasure with his constricted relation successful Los Angeles and astir apt wasn’t going to get a overmuch larger relation with the Raiders.

But that each changed with the Ruggs situation. As a result, a wide way is unfastened to the speedy Jackson seamlessly moving into an enhanced relation successful Las Vegas. The Raiders besides connection proximity to his location basal successful Southern California.

For some reasons, the Raiders are successful a decent presumption to let the Beckham concern to get sorted retired earlier turning to Jackson.

Jackson inactive has immoderate foodstuff arsenic a long-ball threat, arsenic helium showed with his 8 catches totaling 221 yards with the Rams. The occupation wasn’t endowment arsenic overmuch arsenic it was opportunity.

Beckham, though, represents the much implicit wide receiver assuming helium is healthy. At 29 years old, helium surely isn’t the subordinate helium was erstwhile helium burst onto the country arsenic a New York Giant successful 2014. But it was lone 2 seasons agone that helium enactment unneurotic a 1,035-yard season.

A genu wounded constricted him to conscionable 7 games past year, and he’s been dealing with a enarthrosis wounded this season. That, combined with spotty chemistry with Browns backmost Baker Mayfield, has resulted successful conscionable 17 catches for 232 yards.

Clearly, the Raiders would person to fig retired his carnal information and intelligence authorities aft being released. They can’t spend a combustible property into their tightly knit locker room.

If helium checks retired successful some areas, and helium either falls to the Raiders successful the waiver process oregon springs escaped arsenic a escaped agent, his endowment would beryllium a acceptable connected a squad with an MVP-caliber backmost and playoff aspirations.

For now, though, it’s a waiting game.

Contact Vincent Bonsignore astatine vbonsignore@reviewjournal.com. Follow @VinnyBonsignore connected Twitter.