The Raiders had one clear objective entering the 2023 NFL Draft; get better on the defensive line. Last season, Maxx Crosby and Chandler Jones played nearly 2,000 combined snaps and rarely came off the field. The Raiders had to find ways to limit their snaps and improve the overall talent on the defensive line.
In a recent article by Gordon McGuinness of Pro Football Focus, he took a look at the most improved defensive lines in the NFL after the draft. That list included the Raiders as they added three top-end players to that unit. Here is what McGuinness had to say about the improvement on the defensive line:
