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Ryan McFaddenAug 16, 2025, 10:13 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Ryan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Nation. Prior to ESPN, McFadden was a Denver Broncos beat reporter for the Denver Post. McFadden also wrote about the Baltimore Ravens and University of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Sun.<\/p>\n

LAS VEGAS — Ashton Jeanty<\/a> lowered his shoulder before giving Deommodore Lenoir<\/a> a loud introduction to the strength and power that made Jeanty one of college football’s most prolific running backs and the sixth pick in April’s NFL draft.<\/p>\n

Lenoir, the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>‘ starting cornerback, tried single-handedly tackling the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>‘ 5-foot-8, 208-pound rookie as he burst down the middle of the field. Instead, Jeanty pushed Lenoir down with his left hand and reached the 49ers’ 25-yard line before eventually being tackled by safety Ji’Ayir Brown<\/a> on a 13-yard carry with 2:10 to go in the first quarter Saturday.<\/p>\n

“It fires me up just seeing the way [Jeanty] runs,” Raiders quarterback Geno Smith<\/a> said. “He’s running through people, and he’s not shying away from contact.<\/p>\n

“He’s going to be a special player.”<\/p>\n

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Jeanty has longed to have his “I’m here” moment. And even though it came in a 22-19 preseason loss<\/a> to the 49ers at Allegiant Stadium, the Heisman Trophy finalist provided a glimpse of what he could bring to the Raiders’ offense during the regular season.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Jeanty had seven carries for 33 yards. His 13-yard run was a part of an eight-play, 41-yard scoring drive that ended with him powering into the end zone from the 1-yard line to give Las Vegas a 10-3 advantage early in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

“I’ve arrived, and it’s time to keep going and make plays for this team,” Jeanty said.<\/p>\n

Jeanty, who totaled minus-1 yards on three carries last week against the Seahawks<\/a> in Seattle, took hits and dished out some against San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Facing a third-and-5 with 7:49 to go in the first quarter, Jeanty rushed up the middle and bounced off safety Marques Sigle<\/a> en route to a first down. Two plays later, Jeanty caught a short pass from Smith and was hit hard by linebacker Luke Gifford<\/a>. Jeanty walked back to the sideline, shaken up, and was looked at in the medical tent for a possible concussion.<\/p>\n

Jeanty reentered the contest at the start of the Raiders’ second drive.<\/p>\n

“It was just a little stinger. First time I had one,” Jeanty said. “[Gifford] hit me pretty hard, but I didn’t go down, so I’ll say I won that one.”<\/p>\n

As Raiders coach Pete Carroll said, “Jeanty looked tough as hell.”<\/p>\n

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Overall, Carroll said he thought his first-team offense took a step forward.<\/p>\n

Facing a 49ers defense without Fred Warner<\/a>, Nick Bosa<\/a> and Mykel Williams<\/a>, Smith went 5-of-8 for 55 yards and led a pair of scoring drives. He completed passes to five different players, including a 28-yarder to All-Pro tight end Brock Bowers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carroll commended the offensive line’s ability to protect Smith, who was pressured just twice.<\/p>\n

The Raiders started Jordan Meredith<\/a> at center for the second straight week, with Jackson Powers-Johnson<\/a> at right guard. Carroll said Meredith has done a good job in his transition from guard to center.<\/p>\n

“[Meredith has] really taken that thing over and done a fine job with it,” Carroll said. “[Powers-Johnson] is battling at the guard spot, and we know we’ve got a physical guy who’s fired up and helps us out, as well.<\/p>\n

“The moves were well chosen, and I think we’re going to benefit from them.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan McFaddenAug 16, 2025, 10:13 PM ET CloseRyan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Nation.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-88699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}