Booker has found home with Raiders as Jacobs' backup

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The onus was on Raiders running backs coach Kirby Wilson. He believed backup Devontae Booker could help Las Vegas win football games.

He just had to figure out how.

“I told (Booker), ‘I’ve got to do a better job ... getting you more involved in the offense,” Wilson said. “We think we’re on a really good pace right now to do that moving forward. It just took awhile to figure that out.”

Booker spent his first four seasons toiling away in Denver, primarily playing special teams while other running backs hoarded the carries he believed he should be getting. But he’s finding a niche in Las Vegas as a complement to Josh Jacobs and could see an uptick in carries amid a productive start.

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