For the third time in a matter of days, the Raiders had added a draft pick to the 2021 total. This is added on appeal. They had been docked in their sixth round for repeated COVID-19 infractions during the season. They appealed the sentence and the NFL announced today that it won that appeal.
The pick they recovered was 200, but with the Patriots losing the third-round pick, the selection is actually the 199th. The returned selection adds this total to eight options in this draft. Below is your draft order:
First round, choice no. 17
Second round, third no. 48
Round 3, selection no. 79 (via ARI *)
Round 3, select the number 80
Round 4, selection no. 121
Round 5, selection no. 162 (via MIA **)
Round 5, selection no. 167 (via SEA ***
Round 6, selection no. 199
* Acquired in exchange for C Rodney Hudson and a seventh-round selection (247). The Raiders had originally acquired this Chicago selection as part of the 2019 trade that sent K Eddy Pineiro to the Bears.
** Acquired along with LB Raekwon McMillan for the Round 4 pick they had acquired from Miami in exchange for WR Lynn Bowden Jr.’s original Round 5 pick. Raiders, was sent to Buffalo in the trade to acquire WR Zay Jones during the 2019 season.
*** Acquired in exchange for G Gabe Jackson