Raiders' coaches reveal if they plan to let Ashton Jeanty play more

Billy Heyen

Raiders' coaches reveal if they plan to let Ashton Jeanty play more image

Ashton Jeanty has the most carries of any rookie running back through two weeks.

It still doesn't feel like the Las Vegas Raiders have used him enough.

This week, offensive coordinator Chip Kelly and head coach Pete Carroll were both asked about the former Boise State star's usage, and the answer is at least somewhat encouraging.

"Carroll expects Jeanty's workload to increase in the coming weeks," ESPN's Ryan McFadden wrote. "He wants Jeanty to play eight to nine more snaps so that he can get around 20 carries in a game."

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Jeanty certainly wants to be out there.

"I don't think you draft a guy like me to not give me carries and touches," Jeanty said. "I'm ready for the responsibility."

Kelly explained some of his philosophy on pacing his players.

"If you play [tight end] Brock [Bowers] and Ashton, or any of those guys, every play in every game, by the time you get to Game 8, you're not going to have guys left, because there's a certain amount of plays," Kelly said. "We're not sitting out games here, but I think you have to be conscious of it over the course of 17 games. If some guys [are] carrying the ball 30 times a game, they only have so many carries in a season."

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle