The Raiders have three first-round draft picks and needs aplenty, which screams for the Silver and Black to take the best player available when selecting in the 2019 NFL draft.
There is one position, however, that simply must be addressed.
NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah pinpointed it without hesitation on this week’s episode of the Raiders Insider Podcast. (Subscribe here)
“They have to come away with a premier pass rusher, first and foremost,” Jeremiah said. “That’s what they have to do. Unless they go on a [winning] run here at the end of the season, they will be in position to get a premier defensive lineman in a draft that, at an early look at here, looks like it’s loaded with defensive lineman.