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Raiders: Grades for the second wave of 2022 free agency

By Alexander Monfreda

LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 29: An Oakland Raiders flag is shown during the team's 2017 NFL Draft event at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on April 29, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. National Football League owners voted in March to approve the team's application to relocate to Las Vegas. The Raiders are expected to begin play no later than 2020 in a planned 65,000-seat domed stadium to be built in Las Vegas at a cost of about USD 1.9 billion. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 29: An Oakland Raiders flag is shown during the team's 2017 NFL Draft event at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on April 29, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. National Football League owners voted in March to approve the team's application to relocate to Las Vegas. The Raiders are expected to begin play no later than 2020 in a planned 65,000-seat domed stadium to be built in Las Vegas at a cost of about USD 1.9 billion. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 19: A Raiders logo is illuminated at the base of the marquee outside Allegiant Stadium, the USD 2 billion, 65,000-seat home of the Las Vegas Raiders, on September 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Raiders will play their first game as Las Vegas’ NFL franchise at the glass-domed facility against the New Orleans Saints on September 21, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the league’s first “Monday Night Football” broadcast. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

Grading each move the Las Vegas Raiders made during wave two of free agency.

It was a wildly unexpected first wave of free agency for the Las Vegas Raiders. Entering the off-season in desperate need of a wideout, the Silver and Black not only managed to get their hands on a legitimate wide receiver No.1 but snagged the best in the business at the position.

In just a handful of days, a rumor that circulated the building for years became a reality; Davante Adams became a Raider.

Adams wasn’t the only star-power Las Vegas acquired, either. The first big move of the Raiders’ free agency was signing 2x All-Pro edge rusher, Chandler Jones, giving Las Vegas two All-Pro edge rushers; Something Raider Nation shouldn’t take for granted, being no team had fewer sacks than the Raiders just three seasons ago.

In addition to these two superstars, the new front office in Las Vegas addressed both running-back and cornerback depth. Still, a lot of positions were left needing to be deeper at the end of wave one, most notably defensive tackle and linebacker. After all, there were only two players at both positions on the roster.

Wave one was all about bringing in high-tier talent, and the Raiders did about as well as Raider Nation could’ve dreamed of. They signed the elite Chandler Jones, then traded Yannick Ngakoue for a corner that allowed an out of this world 26% of passes to be completed in man coverage last year. Davante Adams was next, and McDaniels even managed to bring in his favorite fullback.

After setting the tone with an aggressive first wave, how did Las Vegas fair in the second? Let’s dive into it, assessing each signing and discussing both what the Silver and Black did, and didn’t do.

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