Raiders: 3 mistakes they must avoid in the 2022 NFL Draft
Passing on the best player available
For this Raiders team to continue to move in the right direction, they have to remain focused on bringing in the best talent available to them. The same would hold true with their 2022 NFL Draft picks, as they cannot afford to just pass up on players even though they may already be strong in that position group.
For years, the Raiders have drafted for need, and we have seen them continuously pass up on some players who ended up being elite, and even Hall of Famers. In 2022, Ziegler and Josh McDaniels have done a nice job building up this roster to the point where they can start stacking talent, and not so much just key in on certain position groups.
We will get into their needs a bit later in this piece, but if they have to choose between an elite talent that happened to drop to them, and someone who could ‘possibly’ help them at a position of need, I say take the talent. There are still free agents out there that can fill some voids on this roster, but young players on cheap contracts that can help you for years is key for this new regime.