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Oakland Raiders: Ranking the team’s top 5 offseason moves

By Sayre Bedinger

KANSAS CITY, MO - DECEMBER 30: Head coach Jon Gruden of the Oakland Raiders walks through the tunnel to the field prior to the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on December 30, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - DECEMBER 30: Head coach Jon Gruden of the Oakland Raiders walks through the tunnel to the field prior to the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on December 30, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jason Hanna/Getty Images) /
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 25: Josh Jacobs of Alabama reacts after being chosen #24 overall by the Oakland Raiders during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 25: Josh Jacobs of Alabama reacts after being chosen #24 overall by the Oakland Raiders during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

3. Drafting Josh Jacobs

One of their three first-round picks, the Oakland Raiders took Alabama running back Josh Jacobs off the board for one reason and one reason only — to be their bell-cow running back.

Marshawn Lynch looked like he still had a little something left in the tank but the Raiders opted to go with the newer model in Jacobs, a player who is capable of being a punishing runner and grinding out tough yardage over the course of a game.

As a fantasy football side note, NFL Mocks Podcast host Brooks Austin and I both think Jacobs is going to have a big first year with Oakland statistically, if for not other reason than he is going to get a ton of touches.

I could see Jacobs having a similar rookie season to that of Leonard Fournette with the Jaguars in 2017.

Jacobs is not the biggest home-run threat in the rookie class but he’s a grinder (intentional Gruden pun intended) and he can catch passes out of the backfield.

Because Jacobs is going to be such an integral part of this offense, I put him all the way up at number three against the field of Raiders offseason acquisitions.

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