No position group was more of a problem for the Raiders last season than the offensive line. Their problems mostly surrounded rookie Alex Leatherwood. And it branched out from there.
To be fair, that’s not really Leatherwood’s fault. They drafted him too high and relied on him to be their savior at right tackle. That lasted four games before, they thought it might be in their best interest to move him inside to guard and bring in Brandon Parker at right tackle. The injury to right guard Denzelle Good likely played a hand in that as well.
Leatherwood wasn’t much better at guard, but at least it played more to his athleticism and it tends to be less destructive to make mistakes inside than it does when trying to keep edge rushers out of the backfield.
