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Jalen Nailor is a SNEAKY good fit with the Raiders

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1 min
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Jul 20, 2026
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Mon, July 20, 2026
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Fernando MendozaJalen Nailor
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Fernando Mendoza

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Fernando Mendoza's 2024 passing tendencies show he was consistently hitting out cuts to Amari Cooper Jr., which was one of his best routes to throw. This historical pattern is relevant context for understanding how Nailor may be utilized in the same Clint Kubiak offense with the same quarterback.

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Jalen Nailor

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Nailor signed a 3-year free agent deal with the Las Vegas Raiders after playing for the Minnesota Vikings. He operates from the slot on 50% of his sampled snaps in 2025, with 5.1% usage as a backfield motion player. His route profile shows 12.6% route percentage on out routes with a 75% success rate on those routes. Matt Harmon notes that Nailor's ball skills at the catch point position him to deliver bigger weeks than expected as an option on slant routes and out cuts off play action in the Clint Kubiak offense. This fits the quarterback's 2024 tendencies—Fernando Mendoza was consistently hitting out cuts to receivers, which was one of his best routes to throw.

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0:00Jaylen Nailer can get down field as
0:03well. 50% of his sampled snaps out of
0:04the slot in 2025, 5.1% of the backfield
0:07as a motion player. They gave him a
0:093-year deal in free agency did the Las
0:11Vegas Raiders coming over from the
0:13Minnesota Vikings. The one route that
0:14really stood out to me here, 12.6% route
0:17percentage on out routes, 75% success
0:21rate on the out routes for Jaylen
0:22Nailer. And if you watched Fernando
0:25Mendoza last year, Fernando Mendoza was
0:27just peppering and hammering and
0:31consistently hitting out cuts to Amari
0:33Cooper Jr. last year. That was one of
0:35Mendoza's best routes to throw. Jaylen
0:37Nailer can run him some out cuts. That
0:39stood out to me, the ball skills at the
0:41catch point. So, he's going to give you,
0:42I think, some bigger weeks than maybe
0:44people expect as the, you know, option
0:47on the sale routes and the out cuts off
0:49play action in the in the Clint Kubiak
0:51offense.

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