{"id":114639,"date":"2024-04-24T01:52:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=114639"},"modified":"2024-04-24T01:53:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:53:06","slug":"raiders-showed-interest-in-no-2-pick-from-commanders-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/raiders-showed-interest-in-no-2-pick-from-commanders-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders Showed Interest in No. 2 Pick From Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1357532095-e1713910805750.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Washington Commanders, Las Vegas Raiders, Jayden Daniels.\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"129\" data-dom-ready-time=\"146\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders against the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0hold the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, allowing them the opportunity to find their franchise quarterback. With\u00a0Caleb Williams\u00a0expected to be the No. 1 pick by the\u00a0Chicago Bears, the Commanders will likely choose between\u00a0Jayden Daniels,\u00a0J.J. McCarthy, and\u00a0Drake Maye. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Commanders have received calls on the pick, but have \u201cshown no indication\u201d of moving down in the draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the\u00a0Commanders\u00a0and\u00a0Patriots\u00a0have received calls from teams attempting to move up for a QB, Washington has shown no indication it would move, per me and\u00a0MikeGarafolo,\u201d\u00a0Rapoport tweeted\u00a0on April 23.\u00a0\u201cNew England would move for the right offer, but the Pats just haven\u2019t gotten such an offer yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Garafolo of NFL Network tweeted that the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0were among the teams looking to move up to the Commanders pick, but general manager\u00a0Adam Peters\u00a0plans to make the pick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot surprisingly, the\u00a0Raiders\u00a0are among the teams who tested the\u00a0Commanders\u00a0on moving out of 2, even after Washington GM Adam Peters told the media the team planned to stick and pick, sources say,\u201d\u00a0Garafolo tweeted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Daniels Spent Time With the Raiders Head Coach in College<\/h2>\n<p>Daniels spent time with Las Vegas Raiders head coach\u00a0Antonio Pierce\u00a0in college at Arizona State. Pierce was the associate head coach and defensive coordinator, even recruiting Daniels to the university.<\/p>\n<p>The potential No. 2 pick appeared on an episode of \u201cNightcap\u201d and spoke about his relationship with Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAP, just as a human being, he\u2019s the right coach for that team,\u201d\u00a0Daniels said. \u201cJust him and the intensity that he brings, he just challenges people. He was challenging me at 18, so I know if I was to go to the Raiders \u2014 I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m going to go there or I want to go there; I want to go wherever my name is called \u2014 but if I was to go to the Raiders, I know he would \u2014 as soon as I step foot [in there] \u2014 he\u2019s going to challenge me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given his comments about Pierce, it\u2019s unsurprising to hear the Raiders want to move up and trade for the Washington Commanders No. 2 pick.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Mock Drafts Have Commanders Drafting Daniels or Maye<\/h2>\n<p>In almost every mock draft being released, the Washington Commanders are drafting either Daniels or Maye.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Rang of Fox Sports released his mock draft on April 23, predicting that the Commanders would draft Maye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect to the aforementioned Bears and Williams, the drama of this draft appears likely to start with the Commanders\u2019 choice between Maye and LSU\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Jayden Daniels,\u201d\u00a0Rang wrote. \u201cWhile the reigning Heisman Trophy winner certainly would create excitement for a fan base badly in need of it, Maye\u2019s size, upside and fit in Kliff Kingsbury\u2019s offense make him the more logical choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Ben Standig of The Athletic\u2019s mock draft released on April 22, he had the Commanders selecting Daniels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reasons for putting Daniels at No. 2 several weeks ago remain (unless last week\u2019s local quarterback outing gave Washington a reason to look elsewhere),\u201d\u00a0Standig wrote. \u201cThe 2023 production \u2014 40 touchdown passes, four interceptions, 3,812 passing yards and 1,134 rushing yards \u2014 demonstrated unbelievable improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders have the final say and heading into the draft, it\u2019s uncertain who they\u2019re going to pick as of April 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders against the Washington Commanders. The\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0hold the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, allowing them the opportunity to find their franchise quarterback. With\u00a0Caleb&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":114644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114645,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114639\/revisions\/114645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}