Raiders biggest team needs following 2026 NFL Draft
We take a look at the Raiders' most glaring needs now that the 2026 NFL Draft is in the books.
Addressing every need a team has in the draft is sometimes difficult. In some cases, it's downright impossible. For the Raiders it was somewhere close to implausible.
Even with ten picks at their disposal, they came out of this year's draft with some needs either unaddressed or simply with more required. Raiders top need positions post-draft 1. Wide receiver They came into the draft with a need for an X receiver.
And despite having multiple opportunities in the first two days to select one of the better prospects in this draft (Denzel Boston, Ted Hurst), they went with players at other positions instead who they clearly had as a better overall prospect. They didn't address WR until the sixth round when they took Oregon's Malik Benson. But not only is he a project, he is not an X style receiver.
As of now the only player who truly fits that style of receiver is Dont'e Thornton and he showed little promise that he would be able to develop and improve on his deficiencies as a receiver and be the kind of red zone or deep threat target the team needs him to be. And even if they think he might, some competition for that role is needed. 2.