The Las Vegas Raiders are entrenched in NFL Free Agency and working on an evolving roster as they barrel toward the NFL Draft.
New General Manager Tom Telesco, Coach Antonio Pierce, and the Silver and Black staff are meticulous as they search for players to complete a roster committed to winning.
Our latest Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast episode examines and summarizes day No. 1 of NFL Free Agency. We address such topics as new DT Christian Wilkins, Josh Jacobs, Jermaine Eluemunor, Bilal Nichols, and QB Gardner Minshew.
You can watch the entire podcast above.
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Las Vegas Raiders General Manager Tom Telesco talked about so many rookies in this NFL Draft who are older because of the additional years of COVID-19.
“Yeah, it’s been so much different. I guess it’s probably different by position. Like the quarterback position, I don’t think it’s a bad thing if you come out a little bit older, and maybe even a better thing. You’ve got more experience under your belt, more maturity at that position.
Other positions, it may or may not matter, it’s just something we have to deal with. But I think after we get through this COVID group of kids that come through, it’ll probably really come back to normal a little bit as far as the normal ages of kids coming out. Typically as a scouting staff, we always say we’d like a younger player because the guy has a chance to develop, maybe has a little bit more ceiling. Is that true or not? I’m not really sure. But I do know that we’re going to have some players coming in the league that have good experience and may be ready to play a little bit earlier than maybe in times past.”
The NFL Draft will be held in Detroit, Mich., on April 25-27, 2024. The Las Vegas Raiders currently have the No. 13 overall pick.
