The Raiders made a massive move this offseason to improve their wide receiver unit. They traded their top two picks on Davante Adams and now suddenly have a deep wide receiver group.
However, they have yet to find someone that can take the top off the defense. They tried to replace Henry Ruggs with DeSean Jackson and that didn’t really pan out. So could the Raiders look to Day 3 of the draft to find speed?
In a recent mock draft by Tashan Reed from The Athletic, he had the Raiders addressing their lack of speed in the fifth round with wide receiver Tyquan Thornton from Baylor. Here is a snippet of what he had to say about the speedy receiver:
