Raiders Target Sam Roush for Tight End Room

0:00On April 3rd, the Las Vegas Raiders tight-in room looks stacked with Brock Bauer starting and Michael Mayer backing him up, but new head coach Clint, Kubiak sees room to build. Kubiak loves three tight-in sets to power the run game and mix in passes, so that third spot becomes huge. Inter-Stanford Sam Rausch from the 2026 NFL Draft as a perfect fit. Kubiak's scheme demands a true in-line blocker to dominate up front, and right now the Raiders have veterans like Albert Okwebunum, Jr., and Carter. Runion, but they lack that pure wide-tight-in punch. Rausch checks all the boxes at 6.6 and 267 pounds from the NFL Scouting Combine. He's a beast in blocking, with knee-bend, power, and footwork that fits zone and gap schemes. Stanford used him as an offensive-line extension, climbing to linebackers on combos, just what Kubiak wants. His receiving games at work in progress, though, career stats show 48 games, 119 catches,

1:011,201 yards, and 4 touchdowns. Projections put him in day 3, rounds 4-7, matching the Raiders' 3-4th round picks at 102-117, and 134 for the draft, April 23rd through 25th. Adding Rausch creates a three-headed monster alongside Bowers and Mayer, letting Kubiak unleash heavy sets without fear and grind out wins in the desert.