Raiders Football, History & Highlights
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what to do with the 10th overall pick in the NFL draft. It was the year 1982 and the Raiders face that very question. Who should they take? Marcus Allen? That's who. For the first time in a decade, Jon Gruden stepped in front of the cameras at the NFL combine as a head coach and this time as a radio. On June 5th 1 2001 of the most prolific wide receivers in NFL history became an Oakland Raiders. Seven seasons after being selected first overall in the 1971 NFL draft, Heisman Trophy winner Jim Plunkett finally found himself in the colors he would be known for as a pro football player more inclined to recite poetry rather than trash talk on the football field. Mandab, Renaissance man by his teammates, joined the Raiders in 1970. Todd Christiansen broke out out All Pro tight end wearing silver and black. For close to a century, the NFL draft has been a stage where teams compete for top talent, making it one of the biggest events in America's game. In the 2019 draft, the silver in blacks first opportunity to select the next great Raider lies with the same pick used to obtain nine time Pro Bowler Charles Woodson. Among the new legion of draft hopefuls, a future raider waits to hear his name called.