Las Vegas Raiders: 2020 Final rookie report card
By Nico Di Fede
Amik Robertson – CB
I was going back and forth on whether or not Amik Robertson played enough to be gradable, but because when he did step the field he struggled, I feel that he is.
Robertson was known as an undersized, though extremely feisty and aggressive corner coming out of Louisiana Tech, that wasn’t the player we saw on the field in his first year against the pros, albeit in limited snaps.
He finished the season with three tackles with zero deflections or interceptions while giving up 5 of his 6 targets including two touchdowns while appearing in eight games. To be fair to Robertson, his snaps were spread out as he never started a game. That makes it tough to ever get a consistent feel for the speed of the NFL as a rookie.
Lamarcus Joyner once again struggled in the nickel and so Las Vegas needs Amik to show he is ready to step up and fill that role come next season, otherwise either draft capital or cap space will need to be used to address that weakness in the defense.
Despite his struggles, in my opinion, the pick still shouldn’t be looked at as bad in retrospect quite yet. Most people thought he was picked at the correct time, if not later than expected, and as stated earlier he needs a more consistent workload to really know what the Raiders have in him. But this article is about how they performed when on the field, and not a grade of the pick itself.
Grade: D