Raiders find themselves on a list no one wants to be a part of
The Las Vegas Raiders have a history, which is why they found themselves not only on this particular list but at the top of it too. We all know the last few years haven't been great in terms of first-round draft picks. They have busted on almost all of them. Josh Jacobs has been really […]
The Las Vegas Raiders have a history, which is why they found themselves not only on this particular list but at the top of it too.
We all know the last few years haven't been great in terms of first-round draft picks. They have busted on almost all of them. Josh Jacobs has been really the only good one if we go on the past five years. Most of their first-round picks in that time span aren't even on the team anymore, which is just crazy to think about, and it shows how bad the past regimes have been.
That is why this draft is so important. This regime is restarting, and getting this pick right is important because this guy could be a franchise guy. Even at pick number seven, they can get a guy who has the power to change the whole franchise in the right direction.
But, while we are still on the topic of draft busts, the Raiders haven't only been doing that for the last five years. They are notorious for it, as bad as it is. They have one of the worst draft picks in NFL history and even found themselves at the top of a list no one wants to be on.
If you have been a Raiders fan for a while, or even if you just became one within the last five years or so, you likely know who JaMarcus Russell is. Because everyone knows who JaMarcus Russell is.
CBS Sports came out with a top 10 list of the biggest busts in draft history since 1990. JaMarcus Russell was at the top of the list at number one, as he usually is.
Russell was a quarterback from the University of LSU and was pretty good in college. But when he got to the league, the Raiders quickly figured out it was a mistake, just like the general manager told then-owner Al Davis.
This is the excerpt CBS Sports put in about Russell:
The Raiders only have themselves to blame for this pick and that's because they basically ignored every red flag in the book when they selected Russell with the first overall pick in 2007. For one, an NFC general manager literally told Raiders owner Al Davis that taking Russell would be a bad idea. It was also well known that Russell hated studying, something the Raiders found out first-hand after they drafted him.
Let's hope the Raiders don't make a mistake like that again in this draft. If you ask me, there are two guys projected to go in the top 10 that could have similar issues. Jalen Carter, for off-the-field reasons, and Will Levis, for on-the-field reasons.
