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<\/p>\nCornerback Terrion Arnold was selected with pick No. 24 in the 2024 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. However, he believes the only reason he isn’t a Las Vegas Raider right now is because of a coin flip on the first night of the draft.<\/p>\n
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“(The Lions) knew that the Raiders, there was a possibility that they took me,”\u00a0Arnold said\u00a0on “The Next Round” podcast. “And, actually, the Raiders coach, they called me after the draft, they were like, ‘We actually had a coin toss between you and Brock Bowers. It landed on him.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Raiders ultimately drafted Bowers, who general manager Tom Telesco said was “a consensus guy.”<\/p>\n
Assistant general manager Champ Kelly also dismissed Arnold’s claim.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, I can’t confirm that at all,”\u00a0Kelly said, via Vic Tafur of The Athletic. “Terrion is a good player. I’m excited to watch his career and watch him play. But we drafted Brock, and we’re excited to get him here. And I don’t think anyone else in our whole draft room felt any other way.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Las Vegas’ selection of Bowers was surprising to some after the team had just used its second-round pick on Notre Dame tight end Michael Mayer a year ago. However, Bowers was likely the best player on the Raiders’ board and Telesco said, “there’s no rule in the NFL that you can only play one.”<\/p>\n
“(His) position is tight end, but we saw him as a playmaker,” Kelly added. “He is going to be a fun piece to have.”<\/p>\n
The Georgia product is exactly that after registering 175 catches for 2,538 yards and 26 touchdowns in the past three years.<\/p>\n
It seems unlikely that a team would flip a coin to make its decision while on the clock following months of preparation, but even if that were the case, it seems even less likely that it would admit that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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