Seahawks fans got a reminder in Week 2 that Cody White can still make teams pay.
The Raiders, who have clearly spent plenty of time raiding Seattle’s roster, found a real one in White. Through two games, no former Seahawk has delivered more for Las Vegas head coach Klint Kubiak than the wide receiver who kept flashing the kind of traits Seattle already knew he had.
White’s Seattle résumé never looked flashy at a glance - five catches on seven targets doesn’t jump off the page - but the production was there. He turned those grabs into 134 yards, moved the chains four times, and even delivered that 60-yard touchdown against the Commanders in Week 9 on Sunday Night Football.
He also did work on special teams, which mattered in a Seahawks receiver room that simply had too much talent to clear a path for him. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, and Rasheed Shaheed aren’t going anywhere.
That squeeze helped open the door for other Seattle receivers to rise. Tory Horton, now in his second year, has been working his way back into form, while Montorie Foster, Jr. made his case.
Emanuel Henderson Jr. ended up slipping through to Seattle’s ready squad. White, though, was the one Kubiak wanted to bring along.
He got the call last week against the Dolphins, and his first game in silver and black came with 11 offensive snaps and one target. The special-teams workload looked familiar, but the real payoff arrived Sunday.
Las Vegas needed a spark against the Chargers, and it got one from another familiar Seattle name first. Dareke Young hauled in just one catch, but it was a big one: a 27-yard flea-flicker that pushed the Raiders to the Los Angeles 13-yard line while they trailed 14-10.
From there, White took over. On third-and-five from the Chargers’ 11, Cousins dropped a perfect throw into the end zone, and White used every inch of his 6-foot-3 frame to secure the go-ahead touchdown. It was only the second touchdown of his career, even though he’s in his fifth season.
Later in the fourth quarter, with the game still hanging there, Cousins found White again. This one covered 11 yards, and no defender came close to contesting it. The Chargers simply lost track of him.
The timing makes the whole thing even stranger: White was elevated from the Raiders’ practice squad on Saturday. However Vegas labels the arrangement, the move worked. And for Seahawks fans, it was another confirmation that Cody White was never a throwaway.
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