Jordy Nelson starting and Ryan Switzer and Griff Whalen vying to be the starting slot receiver -- Black Jack Del Rio must be beside himself with uncontrollable anti-White rage at what Jon Gruden is doing to the black dystopia he was the plantation manager of:
Raiders training camp day 13 report: Griff Whalen pushing for starting spot ‘thinks the same way I do as a quarterback’
Under a cool Tuesday morning in Napa, the
Raiders took to the practice field for their 13th time this training camp. Among a team filled with huge athletes, it was the little guy that stood out.
One of the surprises from the Raiders preseason opener against the
Lions was receiver
Griff Whalen taking snaps with the starters while
Ryan Switzer played with the second-string offense. That continued Tuesday morning as
Whalen was the starting slot receiver with
Jordy Nelson and
Amari Cooper on the outside.
After practice, Derek Carr spoke highly of the veteran receiver.
“I love Griff Whalen,” Carr said. “Every time he makes a catch, I’m hooting and hollering, man I love him. He’s smart, he thinks the same way I do as a quarterback. He will come to me and say, ‘hey I know that this is this signal but what if we did it like this to make it look like this?’ I love this guy, like yes please keep bringing these ideas to me.”
After spending four years with the Colts, Whalen has jumped around the past two seasons appearing in games with both the Chargers and Ravens. He has the physical attributes to be an impact player from the slot, but it is his mental understanding of the game that has impressed Carr.
“He’s someone that can not only do it physically, but from the mental side of things he sees things,” Carr continued. “I made a check on one route yesterday to Jordy (Nelson), and we never went over it but he (Whalen) knew what I was thinking and that he shouldn’t run over there because of the route. Just little things that he does, it’s like wow this guy, he obviously went to Stanford.”
With a similar skill set as
Switzer including experience as a returner,
Whalen seems to be making a push for the starting job in the slot.
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