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Levi Damien

What condition the position is in: Assessing Raiders level of need at IOL ahead of NFL Draft

We take a look at the interior offensive line for the Raiders as the draft approaches to give it a condition of either Strong, Stable, Unstable, Serious, or Critical.

Current projected starters: Dylan Parham, Andre James, Alex Bars

Depth: Netane Muti, Hroniss Grasu, Vitaly Gurman, Jordan Meredith

Parham was drafted to ultimately take over at center. But at this point, the team feels like the best thing might be for him to stay at left guard with Andre James at center. 

Once they stopped moving Parham all over the line, he settled in and had a decent second half of his rookie season. James was his usual underwhelming presence, but you can’t fix everything all at once. 

Bars was downright bad and must be replaced. They brought him back for some reason, but if he’s anything more than a utility backup, the Raiders offensive line is in trouble.

Condition: Critical

Since they neglected to sign anyone in free agency, drafting a starter at right guard is an absolute must. No position on the offense is more in need of an upgrade than that.

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