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Pro/con of Raiders taking two receivers in first round

Receiver is the Raiders’ biggest remaining need. This is a great receiver class. The key to Jon Gruden’s offense is the passing game.

So, yes, it is not crazy to wonder if the Raiders will use both of their first-round picks, No. 12 and No. 19, at the position in 13 days.

It’s an interesting case. Let’s look at the pros and cons of it:

Pros

The chance to be great at receiver: The Raiders have long been looking for greatness at this position. Gruden craves it. If he gets the chance to draft two players who he thinks can be offense-changing performers, he just might do it.