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This week, the three days of the NFL Draft will be pivotal in allowing the Raiders to continue building for the future.
It appears that they hit a home run with tight end Brock Bowers last year, and they made one of their greatest draft picks ever in Maxx Crosby the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history (for about a week). However, with the yin must come the yang, and Raider Nation has seen their fair share of draft busts come through their team. For reasons of poor play, nonexistent work ethic or never being able to shake off-field demons, these draftees failed to meet the expectations they arrived in the NFL with.