I recently suggested the Raiders go after one of the Vikings quarterbacks in trade, sending their top pick and perhaps more to get one of them.
But our friends over at Patriots Wire think the Raiders will go after their QB in the draft and the haul they project the Raiders to give up in order to jump from pick eight to number one is easily the most aggressive I’ve seen.
New England trades: 2025 first-rounder (No. 1)
Las Vegas trades: 2025 first-rounder (No. 8), 2025 second-rounder (No. 39), 2026 first-rounder, 2026 third-rounder, 2027 first-rounder, 2027 third-rounder
That’s right, they see the Raiders giving up six picks including three first rounders (!) to jump up seven spots from eight to one.
The trade, as they see it, is so the Raiders can secure Colorado QB Shadeur Sanders. Though some mock drafts of late actually have Miami’s Cam Ward rated higher.
Regardless of which QB the Raiders would be after, in this imagined trade, the Patriots “stockpile premium assets for future drafts,”
Yeah, to say the least.
The Patriots are in the position where they won’t be looking at getting a quarterback and therefore holding onto the top pick doesn’t carry as much value as trading out of it. But THAT much value??
It remains to be seen if the Patriots will even have the top pick after the season is over. They are set to face the Bills who are expected to rest their starters, so it’s entirely possible the Patriots win and another team lands that top pick. Though the Raiders aren’t one of them. They can do no better than the third overall pick due to their record (4-12) and strength of schedule.
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