Las Vegas Raiders Complicate Draft Position with Win Over Jacksonville Jaguars
The Las Vegas Raiders may have complicated their draft position on Sunday after defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars, 27-20. The win dropped the team to 3-12 on the season, but more importantly, it secured a higher draft pick for the team.
Prior to the game, the Raiders would have dropped to 2-13 with a loss, putting them in a neck-and-neck race with the New York Giants for the No. 1 overall pick. However, the Giants lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, allowing the Raiders to move up in the draft order.
Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce addressed the team’s draft position during his media availability, saying, “We don’t do this to lose. We don’t do this for anybody’s fantasy football team. We don’t do this for anybody’s draft projections. None of that s— matters to us. Only thing that matters to us is winning, and that’s all we want to do.”
The Raiders are in the midst of one of the worst seasons in their franchise’s history, with only three wins so far. The team has only made the playoffs twice since losing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl in the 2002 season, and they haven’t made it out of the wild card round either.
The Raiders will hit the road to play the New Orleans Saints on Sunday and finish the season against the Los Angeles Chargers on January 5.
