Safety · Las Vegas Raiders

Isaiah Pola-Mao

No. 20 · 5th season

Pola-Mao was everywhere last season. This year he has to earn his spot back.

Last year, Isaiah Pola-Mao barely left the field. That kind of reliability tends to buy a player some security. For Pola-Mao, it bought him a harder offseason instead.

He is a safety for the Las Vegas Raiders, and by most measures he held his own. But the Raiders spent this offseason adding bodies at his position, and the math has shifted. The competition for starting reps is real, and the front office appears to see a reserve or rotational role as the most realistic landing spot for him now.

That is a strange place to find yourself after a season where you played nearly every snap. One year you are indispensable. The next, the team decides it wants options.

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