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BIG AUDIBLE!

Fields can be a huge game changer. Helping you dictate the game with time of possession and running the ball. Fields is gonna be absolute

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BIG AUDIBLE!

Fields can be a huge game changer. Helping you dictate the game with time of possession and running the ball. Fields is gonna be absolute

i traded jacobs away bro

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I edited lmffaoooooooo. Regardless this is going to help control the game

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Las Vegas goes offensive tackle in the first round with selection of Notre Dame's Joe Alt
The Las Vegas Raiders have selected offensive tackle Joe Alt out of Notre Dame with the 18th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

An impressive athlete at six-foot-eight and 322 pounds, the former tight end and basketball player has excellent movement skills and lateral agility. His light and nimble feet make a move to left tackle possible in the future but he'll likely start out on the right side, opposite of franchise left tackle Kolton Miller. Alt's played both tackle positions at Notre Dame so the switch shouldn't be an issue for him.

He'll need to continue growing into his body and work on his pad level and leverage as his height can at times be an hindrance to maintaining low pad level. He can be susceptible to defenders who get under his pads, potentially causing him to lose balance and positioning.

2024 NFL Draft First Round Selections
1. WSH ‣ QB Caleb Williams, USC
2. IND ‣ WR Marvin Harrison Jr, Ohio State
3. ARI ‣ CB Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
4. ARI ‣ DT Michael Hall Jr, Ohio State
5. DEN ‣ QB Drake Maye, North Carolina
6. GB ‣ OT J.C. Latham, Alabama
7. MIN ‣ OT Olu Fashanu, Penn State
8. CHI ‣ OLB Dallas Turner, Alabama
9. MIA ‣ TE Brock Bowers Georgia
10. LAR ‣ CB Kalen King, Penn State
11. TB ‣ WR Xavier Worthy, Texas
12. PHI ‣ DE Jared Verse, Florida State
13. CHI ‣ DT Maason Smith, LSU
14. HOU ‣ DE J.T. Tuimoloau, Ohio State
15. TEN ‣ DT Jer'zahn Newton, Illinois
16. NE ‣ WR Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
17. NYJ ‣ WR Rome Odunze, Washington
18. LV ‣ OT Joe Alt, Notre Dame
19. NO ‣ QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
20. NYG ‣ S Cooper Dejean, Iowa
21. JAX ‣ CB Denzel Burke, Ohio State
22. LAC ‣ S Andrew Mukuba, Clemson
23. PIT ‣ DE Bralen Trice, Washington
24. DAL ‣ OT Kingsley Suamataia, BYU
25. SEA ‣ OG Donovan Jackson, Ohio State
26. DET ‣ CB Kamari Lassiter, Georgia
27. BUF ‣ WR Malik Nabers, LSU
28. CHI ‣ QB Michael Penix Jr, Washington
29. ATL ‣ S Kamren Kichens, Miami
30. CIN ‣ TE Ja'Tavion Sanders, Texas
31. SF ‣ OT Amarius Mims, Georgia
32. KC ‣ DT Ruke Orhorhoro, Clemson

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I edited lmffaoooooooo. Regardless this is going to help control the game

for sure, i wish the raiders playbook had some of the Cam plays from 2021 so I might need to go in the lab for a custom PB. my only concern is you can't use formation subs when you use custom PB

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Potential Josh Jacobs replacements are still available as first round of the NFL Draft concludes
The Las Vegas Raiders signed running back Damien Harris in the offseason after trading away Josh Jacobs but even with Harris and Zamir White on the roster, the Raiders could be on the market for Jacobs' long term replacement.

If so, the draft has shaken out well for the Raiders with no running backs being selected in the first round. The Raiders will likely have a chance to draft at least one of the top running backs when they select at pick 44 with Treveyon Henderson, Blake Corum, Raheim Sanders, Braelon Allen and Will Shipley still on the board and potentially all still being there when the Raiders are on the clock.

Some other names to watch:

CB Jason Marshall Jr.
Many predicted the Raiders to pick Marshall with the 28th overall selection prior to them trading it away in the package to land Justin Fields. It'll take a miracle and a half but Marshall could still be there when the Raiders pick and they always have the option to leverage a future pick and trade up.

There's a solid argument to be made that the Raiders should have spent the 18th overall pick on Marshall but landing a potential franchise left tackle in Joe Alt to eventually take over for Kolton Miller was just too appetizing to pass up.

WRs Johnny Wilson and Keon Coleman
The Raiders have a nice receiver room with Davante Adams, Tre Tucker, Jakobi Meyers and added two solid depth pieces in K.J. Hamler and Laviska Shenault. But the one thing they still don't have in that room is a big body outside receiver and Wilson would be just that at six-foot-seven and 237 pounds.

There's also his teammate Keon Coleman who isn't as tall at six-foot-four but he's just as effective in jump balls, something that was missing in the Raiders offense last season, especially at the goal line. Neither ran well at the Combine or their Pro Day but it might be a risk worth taking as they both have WR1 potential while also having a floor as a specialist.

IDL Leonard Taylor
With Bilal Nichols leaving in free agency, the Raiders failed to replace him and while Byron Young has some potential, the Raiders still need more bodies along the defensive line, especially those with pass rushing upside.

Taylor had an uneven junior year at Miami as he entered the season with top-ten hype but he still graded out well according to Pro Football Focus' grades and he strung together a couple of solid performances in the back half of the season.

He's the best pass rushing defensive tackle left on the board and he would fill a need.

ILB Jeremiah Trotter
The Raiders could use an upgrade at linebacker despite Divine Deablo and Robert Spillane leading the league in tackles. They were inconsistent in coverage and didn't always take the right fits against the run.

Trotter is a new age linebacker at six-foot, 230 pounds with the ability to play sideline to sideline. He's a tremendous athlete who has the physical tools to improve in coverage and be an asset as a coverage linebacker and not a liability.

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Raiders trade down, acquire additional picks before selecting Ohio State's Tyleik Williams
The Las Vegas Raiders traded the 44th overall selection to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for the 63rd, 95th, 127th and 223th pick. With the 63rd pick, the Raiders selected Ohio State defensive tackle Tyleik Williams.

Williams shot up draft boards after an impressive combine where he ran the fastest forty yard dash among the 300 pounders at 4.84 seconds along with an impressive 31.5" vertical jump and a 10'3" broad jump and 7.34 3-cone drill, improving on all of those numbers at his pro day to show it wasn't a fluke.

At 320 pounds, Williams is a big guy that can move and showcases an active motor with impressive hands and feet. His foot churn allows him to continue collapsing the pocket, and his core strength/power will ensure a collapse into the lap of quarterbacks, even if he’s not able to win initial positioning with his first step.

The Buckeyes have featured him as a 3-tech at times although he projects to be a potential A-gap defender in the Raiders 3-4 scheme and can potentially play some nose tackle although he lacks the length at six-foot-three that would make him a truly dominant gap-control defender. His extension and block deconstruction skills are more effective in penetration counters, compared to locking out blockers and shedding blocks along the point of attack. This is certainly an area for growth opportunity, but it would require developing a slightly different skill set than the one he’s currently showcasing.

A player that Williams will likely be compared to his rookie season is fellow second round picks Tyler Davis who went to the Chargers, Kris Jenkins who went to Seattle and T'Vondre Sweat who went a few picks earlier to Baltimore. All three seemed to be potential fits for the Raiders at 44 prior to their trade with San Francisco.

2024 NFL Draft Second Round Selections
1. WSH ‣ DE Chop Robinson, Penn State
2. IND ‣ LB Barrett Carter, Clemson
3. HOU ‣ S Javon Bullard, Georgia
4. ARI ‣ DE Leonard Taylor III, Miami
5. NO ‣ CB Jason Marshall Jr, Florida
6. GB ‣ DE Jack Sawyer, Ohio State
7. MIN ‣ LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr, Clemson
8. CAR ‣ HB Blake Corum, Michigan
9. MIA ‣ OT Blake Fisher, Notre Dame
10. LAR ‣ WR Johnny Wilson, Florida State
11. TB ‣ QB Quinn Ewers, Texas
12. SF ‣ OT Cooper Beebe, Kansas State
13. CHI ‣ HB Treveyon Henderson, Ohio State
14. CLE ‣ DT Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia
15. TEN ‣ C Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia
16. NE ‣ HB Raheim Sanders, Arkansas
17. GB ‣ S Calen Bullock, USC
18. CHI ‣ DE Laiatu Latu, UCLA
19. PHI ‣ QB Bo Nix, Oregon
20. NYG ‣ HB Braelon Allen, Wisconsin
21. JAX ‣ OG Christian Mahogany, Boston College
22. LAC ‣ DT Tyler Davis, Clemson
23. PIT ‣ HB Will Shipley, Clemson
24. DAL ‣ WR Troy Franklin, Oregon
25. SEA ‣ DT Kris Jenkins, Michigan
26. DET ‣ OT Graham Barton, Duke
27. BUF ‣ DE Brandon Dorius, Oregon
28. BAL ‣ DT T'Vondre Sweat, Texas
29. ATL ‣ TE Jaheim Bell, Florida State
30. CIN ‣ OT Jack Nelson, Wisconsin
31. LV ‣ DT Tyleik Williams, Ohio State
32. KC ‣ HB Trey Benson, Florida State

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Did the Raiders fumble away an opportunity by trading out of the 44th pick?
Ohio State defensive tackle Tyleik Williams might turn out to be a fine pick for David Zeigler and the Las Vegas Raiders but after trading out of the 44th pick, Raiders fans watched several high profile players get selected before the Raiders would be on the board against at 63, selecting Williams to fill a need at defensive tackle.

Four higher ranked interior linemen went off the board from 44 to 63, including Georgia's Nazir Stackhouse (Cleveland), Clemson's Tyler Davis (Chargers), Michigan's Kris Jenkins (Seattle) and Texas' T'Vondre Sweat, who was perhaps the best fit among them all, going to Baltimore just two picks before.

Ultimately, the rankings won't matter and it's Williams' play along with the play of the players selected with the 95th, 127th and 223th pick that the Raiders acquired that will be the true judge. However, it must have hurt to see notable prospects such Laiatu Latu, arguably the best pass rusher in the draft, go off the board as well as running backs Braelon Allen, Raheim Sanders and Will Shipley.

Another running back went off the board before the end of the second round in Trey Benson, who the Raiders passed on to select Williams. It remains to be seen if they will use one of their bevy of day three picks on a running back or perhaps grab one in the third round which will start shortly on day two of the draft.

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Raiders continue to show the Big Ten some love, add another Buckeye in Miyan Williams and Penn State's Curtis Jacobs
With two picks in the third round, the Las Vegas Raiders selected running back Miyan Williams with the 82nd overall pick and used the 95th overall pick acquired in the earlier trade with San Francisco to select linebacker Curtis Jacobs.

Williams shared a backfield with Bears second round pick TreVeyon Henderson at Ohio State and at times, Williams was the better and more explosive running back. He'll need some seasoning in order to get out of the habit of trying to bounce everything outside but the skill set is there for Williams to be a potential workhorse in the NFL.

He'll likely be initially used as a situational player in the Raiders backfield that consists of veteran Damien Harris and third-year player Zamir White with Williams perhaps taking over as the short yardage option at 226 pounds. Williams ran the fastest 40-time among running backs as well so that combination of speed and size makes him an intriguing prospect.

Jacobs is an interesting selection as he's a fluid athlete who offers the kind of mobility and quickness in space to be an impact WILL linebacker who can serve as a bridge between your base defense and sub package groups versus 11-personnel. The Raiders struggled against that last season, ranking dead last in passing defense and a huge part of that was poor coverage from their linebackers.

He'll likely never be a three-down play unless he takes a massive jump in development as his best plays to date have come more from being an athlete charged with attacking from space as compared to consistently keying and diagnosing action in the front. While he's added some weight to his frame, coming in at six-foot-one and 237 pounds, putting him in tight quarters and asking him to negotiate blocks from offensive linemen is doing him a disservice relative to where he wins.

Jacobs ran a 4.51 forty at the Combine, best among linebackers and bested those numbers a few weeks later at his Pro Day, running a 4.44 forty with the Raiders in attendance. Al Davis would be proud of the Raiders third round selections, picking the two fastest players at their respective positions.

2024 NFL Draft Third Round Selections
1. WSH ‣ C Zach Frazier, West Virginia
2. IND ‣ S Cole Bishop, Utah
3. ARI ‣ S James Williams, Miami
4. ARI ‣ QB Jordan Travis, Florida State
5. SEA ‣ QB Devin Leary, Kentucky
6. GB ‣ S Tyler Nubin, Minnesota
7. DET ‣ DE Princely Umanmielen, Florida
8. CAR ‣ LB Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State
9. MIA ‣ DT Dontay Corleone, Cincinnati
10. LAR ‣ QB K.J. Jefferson, Arkansas
11. TB ‣ OG Conner Colby, Iowa
12. HOU ‣ LB Smael Mondon Jr, Georgia
13. CHI ‣ S Malachi Moore, Alabama
14. CLE ‣ OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui, Washington
15. ARI ‣ TE Cade Stovar, Ohio State
16. NE ‣ TE Orande Gadsden II, Syracuse
17. NYJ ‣ OT Jordan Morgan, Arizona
18. LV ‣ HB Miyan Williams, Ohio State
19. DEN ‣ DE Chico Bennett Jr, Virginia
20. NYG ‣ S Rod Moore, Michigan
21. JAX ‣ DE Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
22. LAC ‣ DE Reuben Fatheree II, Texas A&M
23. PIT ‣ WR Jalen McMillan, Washington
24. DAL ‣ OLB Korey Foreman, USC
25. SEA ‣ TE Michael Trigg, Ole Miss
26. DET ‣ CB Max Melton, Rutgers
27. BUF ‣ OT Zion Nelson, Miami
28. BAL ‣ OG Javion Cohen, Miami
29. ATL ‣ WR Jacob Cowing, Arizona
30. CIN ‣ C Bryce Foster, Texas A&M
31. LV ‣ LB Curtis Jacobs, Penn State
32. KC ‣ TE Brevyn Spann-Ford, Minnesota

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Examining the Raiders biggest positional needs as they head into final day of the draft
As Day 2 of the NFL Draft comes to an end, the Las Vegas Raiders still have plenty of ways to go with four selections in the final three rounds, including two fourth round and fifth round picks where the Raiders will try to fill out their roster.

The bulk of a team's roster comes from their day three picks, include core special teams players and potentially breakout candidate in training camp to push current starters and help establish the identity of the team in coming years. While the Raiders have attacked with precision many of their needs with their first four selections of the draft, they have plenty of work left to do in the final four.

Edge Rusher
With Laiatu Latu coming off the board in the second round, the Raiders really missed out on getting a top end edge rusher that can play from day one. At this point in the draft, there probably isn't one out there but it would still behoove the Raiders to invest in the position and not rely on practice squad level talent -- similar to last season -- to spell Maxx Crosby and Tyree Wilson.

Penn State's Adisa Isaac is probably the best available, followed by North Carolina's Myles Murphy. They could both be there when the Raiders select in the fourth, along with Florida State's Patrick Payton. Isaac and Payton are more of the twitchy variety which the Raiders need to provide some balance to Wilson's raw power rushes while Murphy is the better run defender, another need.

The Raiders have shown a lot of love to the Big Ten so another name to watch here is Michigan's Jaylen Harrell who at six-foot-four and 242 pounds might be the most prototypical SAM linebacker available.

Cornerback
Even with the signing of Jeff Okudah and Michael Davis, it still feels like the Raiders could add some more young talent to the position, especially at outside corner.

Nate Wiggins and Terrion Arnold are still on the board and they had first round buzz coming out of their respective seasons. D.J. James and Tony Grimes are other options as press man corners while Decorian Patterson out of UCF might be the best cover three corner available outside of Wiggins.

Outside Receiver
The Raiders need an outside receiver as Davante Adams is 31 years old and there have already been rumors of a possible trade request should the Raiders struggle this season which is possible in Justin Fields' first season.

We already know what Laviska Shenault is at this point in his career and the same can be said for K.J. Hamler who the Raiders are taking a flyer on. Mario Williams and Tez Walker have WR1 potential as does Florida State's Keon Coleman.

Williams might be a bit too similar to Tre Tucker, causing another logjam similar to last season with Hunter Renfrow and Jakobi Meyers in the slot but he's too much of a dynamic playmaker to completely discredit.

whispers....Quarterback
Yes, they invested draft capital to acquire Justin Fields but it doesn't hurt to throw another dart.

They landed what seems to be a really good backup in Aidan O'Connell last season and they should continue to draft developmental quarterbacks as Fields is essentially on a one-year prove it deal to see if the Raiders will extend him. There are plenty of quarterbacks available that had first round buzz at some point in J.J. McCarthy, Riley Leonard, Spencer Rattler and Tyler Van Dyke. Why not take a flyer, stash him and develop him?