Las Vegas Raiders Dylan Parham Among Highest Graded Rookies
The Las Vegas Raiders rookie guard Dylan Parham stood out in the trenches and while it wasn't enough to win the game on Sunday, he showed some promising plays in his game.
The Raiders' third-rounder should be in consideration to lock up a spot on the offensive line after a stellar performance against the Los Angeles Chargers last Sunday.
In a recent article by Michael Renner of Pro Football Focus, he wrote about the highest-graded rookies from Week 1 and Parham was graded the highest offensive rookie and third-highest overall with an overall grade of 82.3.
“Parham somehow wasn’t even the starter heading into Week 1 and finished as the Raiders' highest-graded offensive lineman," Renner said. "Something tells me he’ll be the starter going forward. He filled in for Lester Cotton at right guard and didn’t allow a single pressure on 26 pass-blocking snaps.”
Parham played a total of 35 snaps, making 26 pass blocks and nine run blocks in the Raiders' season opener, and did not allow a single pressure, hurry, quarterback hit or a sack while manning up at right guard.
The Raiders' coaching staff rotated seven offensive lineman on Sunday, and it wasn’t by mistake.
"I think they all played competitively, I really do," Coach Josh McDaniels said. "Like I said, we're not searching for anything. We're playing the guys who deserve to play. There are seven guys who played yesterday because they earned the opportunity with their performance throughout the course of the preseason and in training camp, and they've done it through thousands of reps.”
Parham’s opportunity to play last Sunday was awarded for the hard work he has put in since the start of mini-camp.
With injuries starting to pile up, the Raiders might rotate Parham around the offensive line during Week 2 against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
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