Raiders receiver Tre Tucker scores twice in 33-30 loss to Bills
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The gist
Raiders wide receiver Tre Tucker caught five passes for 97 yards and two touchdowns in a 33-30 loss to Buffalo.
His boom-or-bust output has fantasy analysts split on whether to buy or sell.
Background
Tre Tucker is a fourth-year Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver who has run the 40-yard dash in as fast as 4.29 seconds. His Week 6 game against Buffalo was his second big fantasy outing of the season, after a 5-119-1 line in Week 2 against the Chargers; he was held under 50 yards with no touchdowns in the Raiders' other four contests. The Raiders, with Kirk Cousins at quarterback in his 15th NFL season, were 3-3 entering a Week 7 matchup with the LA Rams.
How it unfolded
- Oct 18, 2026Tucker caught five of seven targets for 97 yards and two touchdowns in the Raiders' 33-30 loss to the Bills; his 11-yard score from Cousins tied the game at 23-23, and a 44-yard touchdown cut the lead to 33-30 late.
- Oct 19, 2026Reports filed on Tucker's 5-97-2 line in the Week 6 defeat.
- Oct 22, 2026Raiders columnist Paul Gutierrez wrote the team should keep looking Tucker's way, while fantasy analysis argued managers should sell high on him after a misleading breakout.
- Oct 25, 2026Week 7 start/sit analysis compared Tucker with Jets rookie Omar Cooper Jr., noting Tucker was WR2 and Cooper Jr. WR6 in PPR in Week 6.
Who’s saying what
- Support
- Columnist Paul Gutierrez wrote that Cousins hitting Tucker with a deep bomb should be the norm rather than the exception, and coach Klint Kubiak called Tucker the best-conditioned athlete he has been around.
- Caution
- Fantasy analyst Thomas Carelli argued Tucker is a sell-high candidate because of competition, red-zone usage and target share, citing averages of 5.8 targets, 4.0 receptions, 61.8 yards and 0.5 touchdowns per game.
- Analysts
- NBC Sports' Zachary Krueger wrote Tucker is the closest thing the Raiders have to a fantasy-viable wide receiver but a volatile, boom-or-bust WR4 against the Rams.