The Las Vegas Raiders lastly ended their 10-game dropping streak by defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars 19-14 on Sunday. Whereas some followers have been sad with the consequence because it dropped the Raiders a number of spots within the order for the 2025 NFL Draft, the gamers didn’t share that sentiment, nor did group proprietor Mark Davis.
The gamers being pleased and excited to select up a win must be anticipated. As is the case in any sport, the gamers don’t care a few group’s draft place, as oftentimes, the group could possibly be drafting gamers who would substitute them. Nevertheless, an proprietor may need a special thought course of when wanting on the group’s long-term future.
That wasn’t the case for Davis, nevertheless, not less than on this occasion, as he was within the locker room celebrating with the Raiders roster after the win over the Jaguars, by way of Tashan Reed of The Athletic:
#Raiders proprietor Mark Davis was within the locker room clapping and speaking to Daniel Carlson and AJ Cole when the locker room opened to the media. Another gamers have been dancing. Davis was in temper. Doesn’t appear to care in regards to the draft order ramifications of the win over JAX.
— Tashan Reed (@tashanreed) December 23, 2024
With their win, the Raiders at the moment are tied with the Jaguars, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns for the second-worst document within the NFL at 3-12, with the New York Giants now alone on the high spot with a 2-13 document. Nevertheless, the Raiders are on the backside of the group of 5 groups and thus would decide sixth total have been the draft to occur at this time. However Davis doesn’t appear to care about that, and that certainly sits properly with everybody within the locker room as they need to know that their proprietor needs to see them succeed.
With the group’s want for a quarterback well-known and the draft that includes a pair of sign callers anticipated to be the highest picks, this win does make it harder for the Raiders to land both Miami’s Cam Ward or Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, who has lengthy been linked to this franchise.
There are nonetheless two extra video games and loads of issues can occur that would change the ultimate draft order, however for now, Davis and the Raiders are more than pleased to have fun their first win in a very long time.
Shedeur Sanders would favor to play for Raiders over Giants?
Whereas Mark Davis and the Raiders are in temper after their win, Colorado star QB Shedeur Sanders might not be feeling the identical. Sanders has been linked with the Raiders for a very long time, and the group falling to sixth within the draft order makes it harder for him to land there.
And reportedly, Las Vegas is the place Sanders would favor to be, not less than extra so than in New York with the Giants, as a latest report famous that the Colorado QB’s choice could be to land with the Raiders.
