Now that the 2024 NFL Draft is over, fans and media will start to do two things. First, everyone will look at the 2025 draft class and maybe even do early mock drafts. If you are one of those people, you are indeed a draft psycho.
Secondly, fans and even the media will begin to overreact to the new draft class. That is not psycho behavior and is actually pretty normal. Not one single draft class is absolutely perfect. Well, I don't know - the Detroit Lions kind of killed it, getting some great players very late in the draft.
But the Raiders could have certainly done better, in my opinion. I loved their draft, and I have already graded it. However, it's clear they could have done some things better. So, let's overreact like humans do.
3 overreactions to Raiders' draft class
Raiders should have went after QB Spencer Rattler
The Las Vegas Raiders needed a quarterback going into this draft. Their plan to get one was basically destroyed from the get-go. It all started at pick No. 8. The Atlanta Falcons were on the clock and about to do the craziest thing we had seen in years.
After giving Kirk Cousins a huge contract in free agency, which is fully guaranteed through 2025, they decided they should draft quarterback Michael Penix at No. 8. The Raiders were not able to trade up for QB Jayden Daniels, who went No. 2 overall to the Washington Commanders, as most of us thought he would.
Rattler, of the QBs to go after the first six that were taken before pick No. 13, was the best with huge upside potential. He went just two picks after the Raiders drafted Eichenberg. I think this season won't have the QB play they need, and it will force them back to looking for one in 2025.
Raiders should have then went after Milton or Travis
Travis went to the New York Jets at pick No. 171. The Raiders could have traded up for him. He was the other QB with huge potential, and if healthy to me is already better than Aidan O'Connell and Gardner Minshew. However, he is older and just broke his leg. I think the Raiders could have drafted him and sat him for a year behind Minshew since he has to rehab anyway.
The same could go for Milton, who does not have to rehab. He went before the Raiders took Laube, but they could have traded up. Instead, he went to the New England Patriots, who drafted Drake Maye, too. Now, we may see that untapped potential go to waste behind Maye.
Raiders should have drafted some defensive tackle depth
I like the M.J. Devonshire pick. He can be a great player if everything goes right. But I think instead they could have used defensive tackle depth instead. Right now, their defensive line looks amazing. However, the depth is shaky.
They re-signed John Jenkins and Adam Butler this off-season and have Byron Young, who they drafted last year. But why not take another guy they can develop? This one isn't as big as the others, but it's certainly something I would have thought about.
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