Oakland Raiders’ Top-10 First-Round Draft Picks

Al Davis managed botched a lot of his 1st-round picks for the Oakland Raiders. But he did get some right and when he did, he really got them right.

Oakland Raiders legendary owner Al Davis did things like no other. Many complained about the way he drafted toward the end of his life but he never did draft that well. He was good at finding steals in the late rounds but he wasn’t good in the first round.

From 1966, when he really took over until his death in 2011, he only hit on 13 1st-round picks. But he didn’t build through the draft, he collected a band of renegades that didn’t work out with other teams. He went without a 1st-round pick via trade six times too.

Of the 22 Raiders players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 13 of them were drafted by other teams. And of the nine he drafted, four of them were picked in the first round. When he did hit in the first round, it was usually a pretty big hit.

And I’ve taken 10 of them and ranked them on what they did for the Raiders. A player’s individual accomplishments only count when it contributes to wins with the Raiders. An NFL record with another team isn’t how a pick works out for the Raiders

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