Overview
- Paye produced an immediate impact in the Raiders' Week 1 win over Miami, recording 2.0 official sacks, a career-high four quarterback hits, two tackles for loss, and six total tackles that tied for a team high.
- The Raiders signed Paye to a three-year deal worth up to $48 million with about $25.7 million guaranteed, a decisive financial commitment that front-office staff backed despite earlier trade plans involving Maxx Crosby.
- Defensive coordinator Rob Leonard used Paye in multiple alignments inside and outside the line, creating varied looks and disguise that helped generate pressure and situational flexibility.
- Coverage highlights advanced on-field metrics for Paye — including multiple pressures and stops in limited snaps — but notes discrepancies between some film counts and the official box-score totals and cautions that conclusions are based on one game.
- Las Vegas has long sought a secondary pass-rusher to play opposite Crosby, and Paye's debut both eases that need and could change how opponents allocate blocking and how the Raiders deploy their defensive front if he sustains this level of play.