INDIANAPOLIS – The Raiders personnel department has been studying this year’s draft class quite a while now. They have long-standing opinions on these kids, though those views were skewed some after Jon Gruden got hired.
The offensive specialist will install a new scheme this offseason, though his playbook was largely written over the last month. Defensive coordinator Paul Guenther’s scheme will be a complete overhaul, with more of a standard 4-3 look than the Raiders had last year.
Scouts have to find players that work well within the scheme, one that’s still being refined in film rooms of the team’s Alameda training complex.