Las Vegas Raiders
As happy as the Broncos made Drew Lock this weekend, he wasn’t the only AFC West quarterback getting loaded up with offensive weapons. Derek Carr now has a trio of talented pass-catchers, headlined by Alabama’s Henry Ruggs III, an explosive big-play machine and the first receiver off the board.
The Raiders reached for Ohio State cornerback Damon Arnette at No. 19 overall, then had to sit out the entire second round while corners who would have been better values at No. 19 came off the board much later. The triple-dip at receiver came in the third round with South Carolina’s Bryan Edwards and Kentucky’s do-it-all Lynn Bowden, Jr., giving Carr an embarrassment of riches.
Tanner Muse was a late-round safety/linebacker hybrid who had no business going in the third round, but solid values in Clemson guard John Simpson and Louisian Tech cornerback Amik Robertson in the fourth round helped balance things out. They didn’t fill every need, and there were some head-scratchers, but this class is loaded with playmakers.