It Sounds Like Spencer Rattler Might Not Have Been on the Raiders Draft Boad

When six quarterbacks were drafted before the Raiders were on the clock at pick 13, one of the questions going forward in the draft involved the team’s grade on Senior Bowl MVP Spencer Rattler.

Were the Raiders ever in the mix to draft Rattler after round one?

GM Tom Telesco was asked my members of the media if the team considered drafting a quarterback on day 3 of the draft, and his response was interesting.

“On the third day? No. Really. Not the second day, either,” Telesco said. “The first day, yes, but not after that. If we felt there was a quarterback out there that was better than what we have or could potentially be better, we certainly would have done something about it, but that didn’t line up.”

Rattler was eventually drafted by the New Orleans Saints, but even that pick came after the Raiders had made their pick in the fifth round.

The Raiders selected Ohio State linebacker Tommy Eichenberg two picks ahead of where the Saints took Rattler, so it might be a safe assumption that Rattler wasn’t even on the Raiders’ board.

After missing on all the consensus top quarterbacks in the draft, it would have made sense for the Raiders to roll the dice on Rattler if they had even a sixth-round grade on the former five-star high school recruit.

We know the Raiders were interested in a surprise quarterback at pick 13, but it sounds like they weren’t interested in drafting any of the remaining quarterbacks after Bo Nix was off the board. Telesco essentially said as much, and his words line up with the team’s decisions in the draft.

For what it’s worth, ESPN’s Adam Schefter was among those who believe the Raiders probably would have taken Penix if he had fallen to them at pick 13.

Awful Announcing on Twitter: “”And by the way, if [Michael Penix Jr.] had slipped past the Falcons at 8, and the rest of the quarterbacks went the way they did, then there was the possibility that the Raiders would’ve taken Penix (at pick No. 13).” – Adam Schefter pic.twitter.com/l1IhYLd3rQ / Twitter”

“And by the way, if [Michael Penix Jr.] had slipped past the Falcons at 8, and the rest of the quarterbacks went the way they did, then there was the possibility that the Raiders would’ve taken Penix (at pick No. 13).” – Adam Schefter pic.twitter.com/l1IhYLd3rQ

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