Raiders Drafting Christian Darrisaw Could Make Up For Last Year’s Mistake

The Las Vegas Raiders desperately need a right tackle going into the 2021 NFL season. However, the team could’ve had themselves a cornerstone player in last year’s players selection meeting.

Predicting how NFL players will turn out is nowhere close to an exact science, not to mention, it’s easy for us to step back and say ‘X’ would’ve been a fit. However, in this case, the Raiders whiffed badly, as they could’ve selected Tristan Wirfs in last year’s NFL draft. Perhaps, choosing Virginia Tech’s Christian Darrisaw might make amends for the organization foregoing a tackle last April.

Look, the decision to draft Henry Ruggs III was done based on the fact the Raiders needed a wide receiver. The Antonio Brown debacle and injuries to Tyrell Williams in 2019 meant the team lacked anything resembling a number one receiver. At that time, the general consensus was that Las Vegas was going to take a receiver with their first of two first-round choices. Whether it’d be Ruggs or CeeDee Lamb or Jerry Jeudy. As far as Wirfs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers chose him with the 13th pick. The former Iowa Hawkeye allowed just one sack per Pro Football Focus and posted an impressive 81.0 pass-blocking grade.