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Month: February 2020

Top of the draft: The No. 1 and No. 2 picks who have played for the Raiders

Top of the draft: The No. 1 and No. 2 picks who have played for the Raiders

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Coming off a 7-9 season in 2019, the Las Vegas Raiders will choose 12th overall in the 2020 NFL Draft — as well as 19th overall, courtesy of the Chicago Bears. Since the draft is conducted in reverse order of the previous season’s finish, the 2020 pick certainly represents an improvement over the 2019 NFL Draft, when the Raiders’ 4-12 record in 2018 “won” them the fourth overall selection. Until recent years, however, the Raiders have been strangers to the…

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Twice — or thrice — as nice: The years the Raiders have had more than one first-round draft pick

Twice — or thrice — as nice: The years the Raiders have had more than one first-round draft pick

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As the Raider Nation sits out another Super Bowl weekend, hopes for next season include the possibilities for the newly minted Las Vegas Raiders’ two first-round draft picks in April — which will be made on the team’s new home turf, no less. The Raiders are currently slated to pick 12th and 19th overall, with the latter pick coming from the Chicago Bears as part of the 2018 Khalil Mack trade. Raiders fans could be forgiven for feeling like multiple…

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