2. RB Lynn Bowden Jr. traded to Miami
This one stunned everyone. The rookie third round pick was sent to Miami along with a conditional sixth-round pick in exchange for a fourth-round pick. Essentially getting a lower draft pick than they spent on him before he ever saw the field.
From the outset this is a wasted draft pick. There is no way around that. They knew he was a project when they drafted him and then gave up on that project after a few weeks of practice.
Making sense of it:
I don’t like spin or excuses, so let’s just make that clear here. But to make sense of it, the Raiders tried him at various positions and found someone else they liked better at each of them. He wasn’t ready to make the switch to running back, and from the sounds of it, they doubted he ever would be. Hence the Dolphins switching him back to wide receiver.
The backup running back is Devontae Booker, receiver out of the backfield is Jalen Richard, and Rico Gafford made the squad and it appears he did so in part by winning the return job over Bowden. And if they want a RPO QB option, they have Marcus Mariota. In the Raiders eyes, they made a mistake and wanted to try and not come out of it empty-handed while not having a player on the roster who was inactive on game days.
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