Why UDFAs Are Critical For the Raiders

Randle and his regulators with the Minnesota Vikings were one of the most feared defensive lines of the 90s.

The history of the NFL has been painted by men who never heard their names called in the draft, men who have played a critical role in championship efforts, locker room unity, and men who have gone on to perpetuate the game in a positive way to the world and to their communities.

Randle and his regulators with the Minnesota Vikings were one of the most feared defensive lines of the 90s.

In that same breath, the passion Randle and the Vikings played with is the same passion Pete Carroll wants to instill into his new team and he will need his undrafted free agents to set the tone this season.

The value that undrafted free agents provide greatly outweighs their contract. They're the hard workers, energy guys. When they step on the field, make no mistake, it's clear that they earned that opportunity as teams look for every reason not to give them it.

When UDFA's play good, it's infectious. Why? It's the energy they bring. Everyone buys into it, and when you have the top stars playing with the same desire that the players who are scratching and crawling for their opportunities do, that creates a unit of ferocious beasts that are hard to defeat.

Undrafted free agents do not play in the NFL because they love football; they do it because they love their families as much as they love football, and football provides. At every turn, something is trying to take their meal, and they will not have food taken from their family's plate. When first-round players adopt that attitude, goodness.

When they don't. Let's not go down that road. UDFA players are critical to winning efforts, providing things that analytics are not able to measure.

Plus, when you are spending big on players like the Geno Smith's, Maxx Crosby's, and the Christian Wilkins' of the NFL, undrafted free agents offer a unique edge.

The undrafted free agents can give the Raiders much-needed depth, while also doing so at an affordable price.

Raiders General Manager John Spytek hopes his undrafted free agents look as good as his draft picks.

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