It's no secret the Las Vegas Raiders need the most help on the defensive side of the ball, and with the recent news surfacing around the league, the Raiders just might get lucky.

Jalen Carter is widely considered the best defensive player in this draft. In fact, before all of the recent news came out, he was the consensus number-one pick. Now we just don't know what will happen.

Carter recently was charged with reckless driving after an incident that we all know about by now involving his teammate. Back in September, he was also pulled over for reckless driving, so that wasn't his first time.

Report: Georgia DL Jalen Carter was present at the scene of a teammate’s fatal car crash on Jan 15, drove away, and misled police about it afterwards, per @ajc

Carter told police he was a mile away when the crash happened, but later said he was alongside the car when it crashed pic.twitter.com/Q6w01VXL64

— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) March 1, 2023

This news has left several people questioning his off-field habits and wondering if he should be the number-one pick. If everything gets figured out with Carter's situation, and he can prove there won't be an issue in the NL, yet he still falls, the Raiders should take him in a heartbeat.

That's if they get lucky enough, which could very well happen. Sure, the Raiders have a history with guys and their off-the-field habits, but I also feel like if they can for sure get this guy's head on straight, this is a guy who is too good to pass up on.

Here is what Pro Football Focus thinks of the highest-rated player by PFF's standards:

Carter puts out teaching tape every week on how to explode into contact, and the results speak for themselves. He can really jolt an offensive lineman on contact. Carter’s frame trends more toward a three-technique, but he’s more than capable of lining up anywhere between the tackles and making plays. Anything I put here will be a minor gripe, so I’m not going to quibble. Carter has the goods.

The Raiders have the guys on the outside in Maxx Crosby and Chandler Jones, but they still need some help with their interior defender positions. They ended the season with Bilal Nichols and Andrew Billings, who combined for 40 total pressures and four total sacks.

For reference, Chiefs' star and division rival Chris Jones had 77 pressures and 15 sacks by himself alone. Now, of course, he is a star and in a different system with a different play style, but I think the comparison helps show how low the production was in the middle up front.

Jalen Carter had three sacks and 24 hurries last season in college, while also sporting a good run-stop rate at 15.3%.

This guy is elite, and if he is there because of everything currently going on, it's almost like the Raiders can't pass him up.

You can read the rest of the PFF report on Jalen Carter here.

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