RAIDERS NOTIFIED ANDRE JAMES BEFORE TAKING JACKSON POWERS-JOHNSON IN NFL DRAFT

The Las Vegas Raiders selected Oregon interior offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft, but before doing that, they notified their starting center, Andre James.

Why? Well, Powers-Johnson has been billed as a center throughout the pre-draft process after playing the position in college, so on the surface it would look like they were adding another one, which obviously would have been perceived as a threat to James, who just re-signed this offseason.

However, not only did the Raiders refer to Powers-Johnson as a guard in their announcement of the pick, they made sure to tell James that he is indeed their guy at center, not the Oregon product.

A nice touch from the Raiders.

Powers-Johnson did play snaps at guard during his days with the Ducks and will factor into the competition at one of the guard spots with Cody Whitehair and others.

2024-04-27T00:50:47Z dg43tfdfdgfd