The Las Vegas Raiders allowed 4.5 yards per rush last season which ranked in the bottom half of the league. So, during the NFL Draft, the Raiders were looking for some help to fix this problem and while defensive tackle Nesta Jade Silvera was a seventh-round pick, he can be a disruptive run defender as general manager Dave Ziegler explained.
“He was a really disruptive player this year,” Ziegler said of Silvera. “...When we put on the tape it was just surprising to see this inside player and just how disruptive he was in the run game.