This year, the Raiders had to be strategic in their approach to the draft being that they didn’t have a pick until 86 overall in the third round. Then when their pick came up, they traded back four spots to 90, picking up a round five pick in the deal. And it appears they still got the right guy with their first pick.
The Raiders selected Memphis guard Dylan Parham, who is projected as a center at the NFL level.
Parham topped my list of Raiders draft targets at the center position and thus the selection made immediate sense to me. Then the Athletic’s NFL analyst Ted Nguyen put out his list of the top ten best fits in the NFL draft and Parham made that list, all I could do was nod along in approval.
