HENDERSON, Nev. -- The knuckles grew whiter as the anxiety built with each draft pick.
Sure, the Las Vegas Raiders had unsuccessfully attempted to trade up to the No. 1 selection, presumably for a quarterback, earlier in the offseason. And, yes, the Raiders did host a slew of quarterbacks in the run up to the draft.
But no one in the Raiders' draft room truly expected one of the top three QB prospects to fall to them at No. 7. So when Bryce Young went first to the Carolina Panthers and C.