Raiders Insider Podcast: Scouting & the NFL Draft

HENDERSON, Nev.--The Las Vegas Raiders, under the guidance of General Manager Dave Ziegler and Coach Josh McDaniels, are trying not to win football games right now but to rebuild as a sustained winning franchise.

To do that and do it successfully, they know that they have to put the infrastructure in place to have the best scouting in the NFL, which thus leads to the best drafts in professional football.

In our latest Las Vegas Raiders Podcast, we dig into that concept and how a deep scouting system leads teams to sustained winning. You can watch it below:

Ziegler is so committed to that concept that even at the NFL Draft, he complimented his staff for their success.

"Before we get started I just want to, again, thank all of our college scouts, all of the pro scouts, all of our coaches that were involved in the process over the last three days. Just really clean and excellent collaboration, communication. Our area scouts who mostly live in different parts of the country have come in to help support us and provide feedback and provide information, and they all just did an excellent job. Really proud of our group. I'm really proud of our coaching staff and our administration staff here, just everyone that's come together the last three days. We have a really cohesive group, really low ego group and everybody puts the team first, and that's what we're striving to build here. And so, just very thankful and grateful for all the people that work in both the scouting, coaching and operations department over the last three days. And here we are, and now we're moving forward to the next phase of team building and OTAs, and all those different things. So, excited to move forward, excited about the last three days, and I'm excited for the future here and what we kind of have going on. So, that's what I have. Everybody else can tell me what they have."

Here is a complete list of every 2023 Raiders draft pick and links to more information about them:

Round 1 No. 7 overall pick: Tyree Wilson, DE, Texas Tech

Round 2 No. 35 overall pick: Michael Mayer, TE, Notre Dame

Round 3 No. 70 overall: Byron Young, DT, Alabama

Round 3 No. 100 overall: Tre Tucker, WR, Cincinnati

Round 4 No. 104 overall: Jakorian Bennett, CB, Maryland

Round 4 No. 135 overall: Aidan O'Connell, QB, Purdue

Round 5 No. 170 overall: Christopher Smith II, S, Georgia

Round 6 No. 203 overall: Amari Burney, LB, Florida

Round 7 No. 231 overall: Nesta Jade Silvera, DT, Arizona State

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