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Strike a pose: Mariota will be 12th Heisman winner to don Silver & Black

Strike a pose: Mariota will be 12th Heisman winner to don Silver & Black

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The offseason addition of quarterback Marcus Mariota provides the Las Vegas Raiders with the latest chapter in a time-honored franchise tradition: Employing Heisman Trophy winners. Mariota won the award as college’s best player in 2014, shortly before becoming the second overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans. He joined the Raiders this spring, under a two-year contract to ostensibly replace a rogue’s gallery of 2019 mediocrities as the backup to quarterback Derek Carr. Once NFL football…

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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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