Nailor, Bech play while Tucker sits vs. Texans

That’s back-to-back full practices for Bech after the Raiders opened up the 21-day window for the wideout. He’s worth monitoring in redraft leagues in part because the options ahead of him aren’t exactly elite, but fantasy managers don’t need to consider a stash just yet.

His 21-day practice window will open this week. Bech could, in theory, start eating into Jalen Nailor and Tre Tucker’s snap counts. The Raiders are probably pretty happy with how Tucker has played, though, and Nailor is more of a fit as an outside receiver than Bech is. The 2025 second-rounder is worth monitoring but not exactly someone you should be stashing ahead of his return.

Nailor ran a route on 42 of the team’s 49 drop backs but wasn’t all that involved. Tre Tucker remains the Raiders’ top wideout, leaving Nailor without much in the way of air yards or targets. He should remain on waiver wires ahead of the Raiders’ Week 8 game against the Jets.

It was a quiet day for Tucker until the Raiders once again found themselves down by three scores in the fourth quarter. Kirk Cousins — as he did last week against Buffalo — let it rip and peppered Tucker with late downfield targets, one of them resulting in an impressive 37-yard touchdown. Tucker led all Vegas pass catchers with a dozen targets and dominated air yards as usual. Last week against the Bills, Tucker went for 97 yards and two scores on five receptions. The miserable Raiders defense should lead to plenty of runaway negative game script for the team’s offense in the coming weeks, and Tucker’s role as the team’s lone deep ball option gives him weekly upside. He’ll be a WR3 option in Week 8 against the Jets.

After missing Week 5’s game against the Patriots due to a concussion, Nailor was back on the field this week to face the Bills. Unfortunately for the 2026 free-agent signee, the results looked all too familiar. Nailor managed only one reception for nine yards and is now sitting on a 6-61-0 receiving line through his first five games of the season. Fantasy managers shouldn’t be counting on him to provide anything in next week’s game against the Rams.

Tucker found the end zone on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 23-23. Later in the game, with the Raiders down by 10, Tucker found himself on the receiving end of a Kirk Cousins moon ball in the end zone, which he hauled in for a 44-yard touchdown to cut the Bills’ lead to 33-30 with just over a minute left in the game. Tucker is the closest thing the Raiders have to a fantasy-viable wide receiver, and he has proven to be a volatile player throughout his four-year career. Fantasy managers shouldn’t view him as anything more than a boom-or-bust WR4 in next week’s game against the Rams.

This per coach Klint Kubiak, so we assume Nailor has passed protocol. He’s only a FLEX play at this point as it’s hard to trust any weapons in the Vegas offense beyond Brock Bowers, even in a good matchup against a struggling Bills defense.

Nailor will likely end up being listed as a limited participant today. He has a chance to play in Week 6 against the Bills, but his odds would be better if he had returned yesterday. If active, Nailor would only be a boom-bust WR5/FLEX.

Nailor suffered a concussion in the Raiders’ Week 4 loss to the Chiefs, missing Week 5 against the Patriots while still in the protocol. He starts out the week not practicing, indicating he is not close to clearing protocol. Though he still has a chance to play this week, Nailor does not need to be stashed for fantasy purposes amid a murky wide receiver corps.

Tucker’s two rushing attempts were blown up in the backfield. He was third on the team in targets, trailing Brock Bowers and Ashton Jeanty. Tucker, who usually operates as the team’s primary downfield option, should have some appeal in Week 6 against Buffalo in what could be a high-scoring game. He has at least four receptions in four of five games this season.