With the 24th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Raiders took a position that is usually not very valued in the first round. The Raiders took University of Alabama running back Josh Jacobs with that pick, the pick they happened to get from the Chicago Bears in the Khalil Mack trade.
With a season-ending injury to free agent acquisition Isaiah Crowell out of training camp, Jacobs was automatically thrust into the starting role, and was either set up to succeed or fail. Luckily for the Raiders, Jacobs took the ball and ran, literally and figuratively, becoming the kind of workhorse running back this franchise has been lacking.