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A footnote to history: Terrelle Pryor and the Supplemental Draft

A footnote to history: Terrelle Pryor and the Supplemental Draft

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These are strange times, in the Raider Nation and across the globe, as we grapple with the coronavirus, which has shut down professional sports — including spring football — and many other aspects of “normal” life. So, even as we await a scaled-down 2020 NFL Draft in the Raiders’ new home of Las Vegas, it seems like as good a time as any to discuss one of the NFL’s stranger draft footnotes: the Supplemental Draft. The annual Supplemental Draft is…

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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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Derek Carr … and beyond? Analyzing the Raiders’ record drafting quarterbacks

Derek Carr … and beyond? Analyzing the Raiders’ record drafting quarterbacks

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As the 2019 NFL season winds down and the Raiders begin the process of their move to Las Vegas for the 2020 season, talk in the Raider Nation has (unfortunately) once again turned to the NFL Draft. Despite a bounce-back from 4-12 in 2018 to 7-9 in 2019 that saw them in contention for the postseason into the final week of the season, the Raiders missed out on the playoffs for the 16th time in 17 years. And, as it…

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