For the Las Vegas Raiders and every other team, the NFL Draft is basically one giant domino effect. One pick can change the entire outlook of the draft or the direction of a franchise as a whole. Just ask the Chicago Bears who, back in 2017, traded up to take Mitchell Trubisky instead of Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson.
While we’ll never be able to predict the future, the Raiders are in a spot this year with the seventh overall pick where they could choose between a quarterback of the future or a defensive cornerstone for years to come.