We previously looked at why we should expect the Las Vegas Raiders to continue to target players from Alabama in the upcoming draft.
Like the former leadership paring of Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock (who took Alabama players in the first round in the past three drafts), the new Raiders’ brass of Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler also has a recent history of taking Alabama players high in the draft and they have a working relationship with Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban,
While the Raiders currently only have five draft picks and don’t select until No.