Oakland Raiders head coach Jon Gruden has certainly been moving and shaking this offseason. Having brought in a ton of new faces, the 2018 Raiders are going to look vastly different than the 2017 squad.
Which, given how the 2017 squad performed, maybe isn’t such a bad thing.
At least on paper, the Raiders have upgraded the level of talent at several key positions – cornerback and the defensive line, most prominently. By drafting Maurice Hurst, P.J. Hall, and Arden Key, Oakland’s run defense and pass defense figure to be a far more effective unit – and provide Khalil Mack with some much needed, and long overdue, help.