Henry Ruggs IIIWR | Raiders

Gruden wants to get Ruggs more involved in offenseJune 16, 2021 | 11:20 AM

Speaking Wednesday, coach Jon Gruden said Henry Ruggs "looks much better" in his second year. Analysis: Specifically, Gruden wants to get Ruggs more involved in the offense and not just use him as a decoy. The first wideout off the board in the 2020 draft at No. 12 overall, Ruggs disappointed with a mere 26 catches for 452 yards and two touchdowns as a rookie. Ruggs had just one 100-yard game, zero games of more than three catches, and a pair of zero-balls. Ruggs was running routes way down the field, and Derek Carr is a quarterback who doesn't like to throw it deep, instead settling for high-percentage throws in the short areas of the field and between the hash marks. Ruggs needs a more diverse route tree and for Carr to air it out more. We'll believe it when we see it, but it does help that Carr-favorite Nelson Agholor is now in New England. Ruggs should be treated as a WR5 for fantasy until we see the Raiders feed him more targets.