Trending: The Las Vegas Raiders tossed a coin between two players to see who they should pick with their first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, which left many fans stunned.
The Las Vegas Raiders are notorious for doing some strange things in the NFL Draft, and they did something even more insane with their first-round choice this year, which surprised many people.
A New Era in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Raiders are entering a new era under their new head coach, Antonio Pierce, who served as interim head coach last season after Josh McDaniels was dismissed and was given the permanent job this winter, along with new general manager Tom Telesco.
The two were entering the inaugural NFL Draft together, with the 13th overall pick, and the most obvious position of need was quarterback, but six picks would come before they picked, and the Raiders went with the best available player at the time.
Brock Bowers was the selection at pick thirteen.
The Raiders selected Georgia tight end Brock Bowers with the 13th overall pick, which was amazing. Bowers was hands away the finest tight end in college football last season and should be a player you put in for the next 10 years and will be a Pro Bowler for the most of those seasons, but there was a chance that Las Vegas might never have gotten Bowers if the coin they flipped had fallen the opposite way.
Terrion Arnold was almost the pick for the Las Vegas Raiders.
Terrion Arnold, Alabama’s standout cornerback, was taken in the first round by the Detroit Lions, but the Las Vegas Raiders had a solid chance of taking him. He revealed on The Next Round Live Show that he received a call from the Raiders after the selection informing him that they had a coin flip between him and Bowers to determine who they would take at 13, and it went to the tight end from Georgia.
Terrion Arnold claims the #Raiders phoned him after the draft to inform him that they had a coin flip between him and Brock Bowers at No. 13.
What a bizarre story that the Las Vegas Raiders will flip a coin between the two players to decide who to choose. Hopefully, the coin will fall in their favor, and Bowers will be a long-time great in the NFL, since we all know what happens if Bowers falters and Arnold emerges as one of the league’s top corners.
