Liam Murphy said he is completely avoiding Alexander Mattison in best-ball and total-points drafts, contending the veteran is 'drawing very live to be cut' before Week 1 after the Raiders added both rookie Dylan Laube and bruiser Zamir White to the backfield. Murphy noted that Mattison’s yards after contact per attempt ranked 51st out of 57 qualifiers last season and that the Raiders can save nearly the entire $2 million he is owed by releasing him before final cuts. Even if Mattison sticks, Murphy expects an early-down committee headed by White with Ameer Abdullah handling most third-down work, leaving no path to the 20-point spike weeks total-points formats require. Because the field is barely drafting Mattison—he is often available after pick 215—Murphy concedes the uniqueness angle but says the near-zero ceiling makes the risk unjustifiable when wide receivers with real weekly upside are on the board.