Las Vegas Raiders Greg Olson Excited about Wide Receivers

The Las Vegas Raiders Greg Olson is excited about the wide receivers from his vantage point as offensive coordinator.

The Las Vegas Raiders' wide receiver position looks excellent compared to a year ago, and it has the Raiders coaching staff feeling comfortable with how things are coming along.

Last year's troubling issues with Antonio Brown, the injuries and lack of depth hurt the Raiders.

It forced the Raiders to prioritize the improvement of the wide receiver unit this offseason.

Raiders offensive coordinator Greg Olson says he's feeling great with how things have come around.

"Extremely comfortable, really like where we are at right now with the wide receiver position. Obviously losing Ty (Tyrell Williams) is a blow, but we said we started this thing. We got great competition at that position and the two young rookies had a fantastic camp. Comfortable with the wide receiver group right now," Olson said of his receiving unit.

The injury of Williams may seem like deja vu, but the receivers didn't seem to lose a beat with the injury of Williams, who will have season-ending shoulder surgery.

Veteran receivers Zay Jones and Nelson Agholor are stepping up and improving drastically in Coach Jon Gruden's offense.

The two rookie additions through the draft, Henry Ruggs III and Bryan Edwards, have the Raiders feeling excited.

Edwards has stepped in for Williams, and the Raiders continue to move Ruggs around on the field.

"It hasn't affected us that much, we are still using them in the slot and we'd like where Bryan Edwards is at. So both of those players have done great, really. Integrating themselves in our offense and they're both extremely intelligent, so we've been able to move both of them around. So we're just happy with the way those two rookies have come along,"  Olson said.

We weren't able to say this a year ago, but the Raiders finally head into a season with quality depth across their entire roster, including the wide receiver position.

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