Raiders have struggled in recent draft classes, time for new regime to change that
We’re two days away from the start of another NFL draft and it is a critical one of the Las Vegas Raiders who are starting the new regime, featuring general manager John Spytek and coach Pete Carroll.
This new leadership group must try to snap the franchise’s recent history of having poor draft.
The Raiders, with some exceptions such as the Brock Bowers home run a year ago, have struggled badly in recent years.
According to a recent study by Betway.com, he Raiders have been the second worst drafting time over the past 10 years, finishing only ahead of the Green Bay Packers.
Spytek’s former team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, finished 10th. S0, maybe the Silver and Black are on the right track heading into a new draft.
In other Raiders news:
- New coach talk: The Raiders’ website has a Q and A with new running backs coach Deland McCullough.
- Pound-the-table players: NFL.com offers a dozen gems who teams should fight to draft.
- What if everyone was eligible? PFF has a look if every current college player was eligible to be drafted.