Ashon Jeanty should probably thank Saquon Barkley. And DERRICK Henry,, Josh Jacobs And Joe Mixon Also.
The 2024 NFL season largely concerned the renaissance of the ball carrier. Several free agents of veterans have signed with new teams and have had huge impacts. Barkley helped his team to a Super Bowl victory. And Jeanty's timing couldn't be better.
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With the year of the fresh ball carrier in the minds of the NFL teams, Jeanty enters the NFL draft. It is on a rare plan of prospects as a balloon, perhaps the best from Barkley in the 2018 draft. He is n ° 2 overall The last big painting by Charles McDonald by Yahoo Sports.
However, even if the running backs had a push last season, it is still behind many other positions in terms of the value of the NFL teams. This means that perspective n ° 2 in the project has practically no chance of going second in the general classification. But is it worth the sixth overall choice of a reconstruction team?
Ashton Jeanty favored the 6th in the general classification
The NFL coast project on Jeanty In Betmgm Reflect a lot of draft simulations. Jeanty is the favorite to go n ° 6 overall, a choice of Las Vegas raiders currently, and there is a fairly large gap in the second favorite on the list:
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Jeanty: -145
Walker milestone: +700
Will Johnson: +750
Mason Graham: +1000
All other players are +1500 (15 to 1) or more to take with the sixth choice.
Ashton Jeanty de Boisse State directs an exercise during the school day of the school. (Photo / Kyle Green)
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The chances of the NFL are not always predictive, but the chances of Jeanty reflect what the market think that the raiders will do (although the Betmgm ratings are for which Pick Jeanty will be selected, and theoretically, the raiders could exchange n ° 6 to a team that takes Jeanty).
It is an interesting situation. Even the fan of the most optimistic raiders would probably admit that the team is still in a reconstruction phase. They have a new head coach at Pete Carroll, a new quarter-rear by Geno Smith, overthrow a lot of defense after losing several starters in the free agency and play in a division with three other qualifying teams from last season. The raiders were 4-13 last season and even if they could be better with the upgrade of the quarter, there is a long way to go to be competitive in the AFC West.
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A ball carrier, even as dominant as Jeanty, does he change that?
Will the raiders take Jeanty?
Jeanty was a force in Boisse State, a worthy candidate of the Heisman trophy who would have won for most years but had the misfortune to go Against the historic historical season of Travis Hunter. Jeanty rushed to 2,601 yards and 29 touched last season and Boisse State did the University football playoffs. It was one of the big seasons of all college time.
It was not only the production of Jeanty. It is explosive with a large balance and has a particular ability to break the plated. There is a good reason why he is in the Prospects of Barkley.
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Presumably, when the raiders go to the chronometer in the draft, Jeanty will be the best player available. And it is difficult to reproach them for having taken Jeanty according to that. But it is also difficult to see the raiders as a ball carrier far from discord. The common thread between Barkley, Henry, Jacobs and Mixon is that they all went to the 2023 qualifying teams and improved them. They did not go to a 4-13 team and raised it to the playoffs. It is a lot to ask for any ball carrier. Barkley was the second choice of the giants, had more than 2,000 melee yards as a recruit and won the offensive recruit of the year of the NFL, and the Giants have still not gone 5-11 this season.
But raiders should start somewhere. They nailed the choice of the winger tight Brock Bowers last season. They upgraded in the quarter-back with Smith, although it is in the middle class of the NFL quarters and is not likely to go to the next level. If the raiders can get the next drafts, Jeanty may always be at its peak – and always on its recruit contract – when the team can compete with the chiefs, the loaders and the broncos in the division. It would be the dream anyway.
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Carroll had its great success in the NFL with an offense by Marshawn Lynch. Before that, his best USC teams had regulated Bush and Lendale White forming a dominant rear field. This could be important in the state of mind of the raids with regard to Jeanty. And there is no doubt that Jeanty would help an offense to the raiders which was absolutely incompetent to run the ball last season. It's just a question of how much he would help.
Raiders still have a lot of holes to fill. A ball carrier will probably not bring them to the playoffs this season. But Jeanty is not your normal ball carrier prospect.
