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Antonio Brown and Tyrell Williams could join elite Oakland Raiders club

ByBrad Weiss|
Tim Brown #81, Wide Receiver for the Los Angeles Raiders runs the ball during the National Football Conference West game against the San Francisco 49ers on 11 November 1988 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California, United States. The Raiders won the game 9 - 3. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Allsport/Getty Images)
Tim Brown #81, Wide Receiver for the Los Angeles Raiders runs the ball during the National Football Conference West game against the San Francisco 49ers on 11 November 1988 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California, United States. The Raiders won the game 9 - 3. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Allsport/Getty Images)
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OAKLAND, CA – AUGUST 22 : Jerry Rice #80 of the Oakland Raiders runs with the ball against the Minnesota Vikings on August 22, 2003 at the Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California. The Vikings defeated the Raiders 21-6. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA – AUGUST 22 : Jerry Rice #80 of the Oakland Raiders runs with the ball against the Minnesota Vikings on August 22, 2003 at the Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California. The Vikings defeated the Raiders 21-6. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The wide receiver duo of Antonio Brown and Tyrell Williams could join elite company in the history of the Oakland Raiders franchise.

Heading into the 2019 NFL season, the Oakland Raiders knew they needed to do something to upgrade their wide receiver group. After trading for Antonio Brown, arguably the best wideout in the NFL, they finally had the kind of WR1 that Derek Carr has been missing for most of his NFL career.

After trading for Brown, the Raiders were not done making moves, bringing in Tyrell Williams and J.J. Nelson via free agency, and then drafting Hunter Renfrow in the 2019 NFL Draft. While Renfrow and Nelson should contribute to the offense in 2019, it is Williams who is slated to be the No. 2 behind Brown this season.

In Brown and Williams, the Raiders have their best wide receiver duo since the 2016, when Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree both went for over 1,000 yards. If the new tandem can complete that task, they will be only the fourth duo in Raiders history to accomplish the feat.

Here are the only three duos to accomplish the feat in Raiders history.

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