The Las Vegas Raiders completed final season on a excessive be aware, however they nonetheless have loads of work to do.
They’ve two contending groups in the identical division, they usually don’t need to get caught behind within the race for the AFC West.
That’s why new GM Tom Telesco acknowledges that they might use some assist all around the roster (through Across the NFL).
“We might use slightly little bit of assist in all places,” Telesco stated. “I don’t assume any place is precluded from being drafted this 12 months.”
This would be the third time in 4 years that the Raiders could have a brand new GM calling the pictures within the draft, they usually haven’t precisely discovered a lot success these days, both due to poor performances or due to the gamers’ character and off-field points.
The Raiders will likely be on the clock at No. 13, and probably the most evident want is on the quarterback place.
They moved on from Jimmy Garoppolo and can now have Gardner Minshew behind heart.
And whereas Minshew is among the greatest backups within the league, he’s confirmed that he’s not lower out to be a starter.
Nonetheless, their choices are fairly restricted in that spot.
Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, and J.J. McCarthy will all doubtless be off the board by then, and maybe even Bo Nix.
They might take a flier with Michael Penix Jr., who has probably the most arm expertise round this 12 months’s prospects, however who’s additionally had loads of points with accidents all through the course of his faculty profession.
Then once more, they might additionally go along with a “greatest participant out there” strategy in the event that they’re not offered on whoever they’ll get there.
