Raiders RB Honest McCormick performance to earn multiple carries vs Chiefs

With both of the Raiders top two backs out with injuries last week against the Broncos, practice squad back Sincere McCormick got his first real shot in an NFL game. And he showed up well for himself.

The former undrafted free agent out of Texas-San Antonio carried the ball five times for 33 yards (6.6 yards per carry). This for a guy who had never had a carry in the NFL before. But he earned his opportunity with his play in practice

“We see it every day in practice,” Pierce said of McCormick. “Just options, right? How many guys can we dress? We can’t dress five running backs every week. You don’t want to see that happen through injuries and guys getting hurt or anything like that, but when he came in there, his first carry, he went 10+ yards, and the next, he’s bouncing off guys. Just the energy he brought to our offense, I really liked that.”

McCormick joined the Raiders before last season, and just before last week, when both Zamir White and Alexander Mattison were lost to injury in the same week, he got his shot.

Well, it’s very possible, even likely, that the Raiders will once again be without White and Mattison. And their absence as McCormick’s performance could see an increased role for him in the offense this week when they head to Kansas City to face the Chiefs.

“I’m excited for Sincere this week,” added Antonio Pierce. “I’m fired up to see him carry the ball.”

McCormick figures to get more carries between the tackles, while Ameer Abdullah could continue to see carries in space and catch passes out of the backfield.