The Raiders released tackle Alex Leatherwood on Tuesday, just one year after taking him with the 17th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Cutting a first-round draft pick after just one season is a surprising move — except than with the Raiders’ draft picks of the Jon Gruden/Mike Mayock era, it’s actually no surprise. Gruden was the Raiders’ head coach and Mayock the general manager for three drafts, 2019-2021, and the Raiders made some surprisingly bad picks during that time. Leatherwood is actually the third straight Raiders first-round pick to not even make it to two years on the roster: The Raiders had two first-round picks in 2020, Henry Ruggs and Damon Arnette, and both were released during during the 2021 season. . The Raiders had three first-round picks in 2019, and those three did better — but not much better: Clelin Ferrell, Josh Jacobs and Johnathan Abram all struggled to make a significant impact, and the Raiders didn’t pick up the fifth-year option in any of their contracts. And the bad drafting under Gruden and Mayock got past the first round. Trayvon Mullen, the Raiders’ 2019 second-round pick, was traded to the Cardinals yesterday for a conditional seventh-round pick. The Raiders had three third-round picks in 2020 — Lynn Bowden, Bryan Edwards and Tanner Muse — and none of them are still on the team. Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler didn’t inherit a lot of good young talent when they took over the team left behind by Gruden and Mayock. The Raiders draft picks of the past few years have lost a lot.


title: “Raiders Cutting Alex Leatherwood Highlight Failures Of Jon Gruden Mike Mayock Regime Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Jenny Merwin”


The Raiders released tackle Alex Leatherwood on Tuesday, just one year after taking him with the 17th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Cutting a first-round draft pick after just one season is a surprising move — except than with the Raiders’ draft picks of the Jon Gruden/Mike Mayock era, it’s actually no surprise. Gruden was the Raiders’ head coach and Mayock the general manager for three drafts, 2019-2021, and the Raiders made some surprisingly bad picks during that time. Leatherwood is actually the third straight Raiders first-round pick to not even make it to two years on the roster: The Raiders had two first-round picks in 2020, Henry Ruggs and Damon Arnette, and both were released during during the 2021 season. . The Raiders had three first-round picks in 2019, and those three did better — but not much better: Clelin Ferrell, Josh Jacobs and Johnathan Abram all struggled to make a significant impact, and the Raiders didn’t pick up the fifth-year option in any of their contracts. And the bad drafting under Gruden and Mayock got past the first round. Trayvon Mullen, the Raiders’ 2019 second-round pick, was traded to the Cardinals yesterday for a conditional seventh-round pick. The Raiders had three third-round picks in 2020 — Lynn Bowden, Bryan Edwards and Tanner Muse — and none of them are still on the team. Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler didn’t inherit a lot of good young talent when they took over the team left behind by Gruden and Mayock. The Raiders draft picks of the past few years have lost a lot.


title: “Raiders Cutting Alex Leatherwood Highlight Failures Of Jon Gruden Mike Mayock Regime Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-10” author: “Carmen Juarez”


The Raiders released tackle Alex Leatherwood on Tuesday, just one year after taking him with the 17th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Cutting a first-round draft pick after just one season is a surprising move — except than with the Raiders’ draft picks of the Jon Gruden/Mike Mayock era, it’s actually no surprise. Gruden was the Raiders’ head coach and Mayock the general manager for three drafts, 2019-2021, and the Raiders made some surprisingly bad picks during that time. Leatherwood is actually the third straight Raiders first-round pick to not even make it to two years on the roster: The Raiders had two first-round picks in 2020, Henry Ruggs and Damon Arnette, and both were released during during the 2021 season. . The Raiders had three first-round picks in 2019, and those three did better — but not much better: Clelin Ferrell, Josh Jacobs and Johnathan Abram all struggled to make a significant impact, and the Raiders didn’t pick up the fifth-year option in any of their contracts. And the bad drafting under Gruden and Mayock got past the first round. Trayvon Mullen, the Raiders’ 2019 second-round pick, was traded to the Cardinals yesterday for a conditional seventh-round pick. The Raiders had three third-round picks in 2020 — Lynn Bowden, Bryan Edwards and Tanner Muse — and none of them are still on the team. Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler didn’t inherit a lot of good young talent when they took over the team left behind by Gruden and Mayock. The Raiders draft picks of the past few years have lost a lot.


title: “Raiders Cutting Alex Leatherwood Highlight Failures Of Jon Gruden Mike Mayock Regime Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-29” author: “Joe Carp”


The Raiders released tackle Alex Leatherwood on Tuesday, just one year after taking him with the 17th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Cutting a first-round draft pick after just one season is a surprising move — except than with the Raiders’ draft picks of the Jon Gruden/Mike Mayock era, it’s actually no surprise. Gruden was the Raiders’ head coach and Mayock the general manager for three drafts, 2019-2021, and the Raiders made some surprisingly bad picks during that time. Leatherwood is actually the third straight Raiders first-round pick to not even make it to two years on the roster: The Raiders had two first-round picks in 2020, Henry Ruggs and Damon Arnette, and both were released during during the 2021 season. . The Raiders had three first-round picks in 2019, and those three did better — but not much better: Clelin Ferrell, Josh Jacobs and Johnathan Abram all struggled to make a significant impact, and the Raiders didn’t pick up the fifth-year option in any of their contracts. And the bad drafting under Gruden and Mayock got past the first round. Trayvon Mullen, the Raiders’ 2019 second-round pick, was traded to the Cardinals yesterday for a conditional seventh-round pick. The Raiders had three third-round picks in 2020 — Lynn Bowden, Bryan Edwards and Tanner Muse — and none of them are still on the team. Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler didn’t inherit a lot of good young talent when they took over the team left behind by Gruden and Mayock. The Raiders draft picks of the past few years have lost a lot.