The Raiders waited until the sixth round of the NFL draft to take a quarterback, selecting Cam Miller of North Dakota State, a Football Championship Subdivision school.
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There are still plenty of good players left for the Raiders to sort through on the final day of the NFL draft on Saturday.
Raiders general manager John Spytek, when asked Friday about drafting a quarterback, said: “So far, it hasn’t fallen our way with the evaluations we’ve had.”
The Raiders drafted TCU wide receiver Jack Bech, whose brother, Tiger, was among 14 people killed in a terrorist attack early on New Year’s Day in New Orleans.
Running back Ashton Jeanty arrived in Las Vegas on Friday for the first time as a member of the Raiders, who took him with the sixth pick in the NFL draft.
Shedeur Sanders was not selected in the first round of the NFL draft, and he still could be available when the Raiders pick in the second round Friday.
Ashton Jeanty is a phenomenal player whose character might be more impressive than the highlight reels he created at Boise State. But none of that means he was the right pick for the Raiders on Thursday.
The Raiders, for the second straight year, bucked conventional wisdom in the first round of the NFL draft. They can only hope they get the last laugh again.
The Raiders are likely to add a quarterback in this year’s draft over the weekend. But their history of selecting prospects at the position is spotty at best.
The Raiders want to trade down from pick No. 6 in Thursday’s first round of the NFL draft, according to league sources, allowing them to accumulate more picks.
The Raiders have had some home run draft classes over the years that paved the way for Super Bowl championships. Here are their three best.
With Ashton Jeanty now the odds-on favorite to be the fifth pick in the NFL draft, two handicappers like players with longer odds to go to the Raiders at No. 6.
Here’s the Review-Journal’s final first-round mock draft before the action gets underway Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The first five picks in the NFL draft were odds-on favorites Sunday, seemingly clearing the way for the Raiders to select running back Ashton Jeanty at No. 6. That changed Monday.