Whats the point of 1st round picks? To get elite talent.
Mack is an elite talent and objectively, odds are we will not draft a player anywhere near the talent of Mack with our first round pick. Odds are that we’re more likely to draft another Shaw Lawson.
There is always this obsession over next year’s draft pick. And guess what, let’s say we do draft a Mack-type talent, in 2-3yrs we’re going to have to pay him big time money too like we would Mack.
We have the cap room. We have the QB, hopefully. And if we don’t have the QB, We aren’t drafting another QB in the 1st round for at least 2 yrs now bc Allen is going to get more than 1 season to prove himself.
This is is all under the assumption that a 1st round pick + mid round pick or player like Hughes + 1st round pick can get the deal done. If the raiders start asking for 2 first round picks and a player or 3 draft picks etc, then I would change my opinion.