When Al Davis was alive, there was no team in the NFL that loved to draft skill players more than the . If you were a speedy receiver, there was basically a 90% chance the Raiders were going to draft you. However, it seems the Raiders decided to change their philosophy this year.Not only did Cody Latimer Jersey the team take a pa s on drafting any receivers, but for the first Antoine Bethea Jersey time in franchise history, the Raiders didn't . The Raiders had seven picks in the 2021 and they didn't use any of those on a quarterback, a running back, a tight end or a receiver.You could argue that the Raiders didn't nece sarily need any depth at those four positions, but let's be honest, that's never stopped them before. Last year alone, the Raiders drafted three receivers with their first four picks.One reason the Raiders didn't take any skill players this year is because they needed Darius Slayton Jersey some defensive help after finishing with one of the worst units in the last year. To help fix things on that side of the ball, the Raiders ended up using five of their seven picks on defensive players, including safety , defensive end , safety , safety and cornerback . Of the offensive players they selected, one of them -- -- ended up being one of the most surprising picks of the first Odell Beckham Jr Jersey round and not in a good way. Leatherwood was projected by most draft analysts to go somewhere in the second round, but he never made it to the second round and that's because the Raiders decided to select him with the 17th overall pick. The Raiders' only other offensive pick in the draft was center , who was taken in the Janoris Jenkins Jersey seventh round (230th overall).As for those skill players, the Raiders have come close to going an entire draft without selecting one, but they had never done it before. Back in 2018, the Raiders only took one skill player and that didn't happen until the seventh round when they selected with the 228th overall pick. Even though the Raiders filled several defensive holes on their roster, Pete Prisco wasn't a fan of how their draft played out. In Prisco's grades for the 2021 draft, the Raiders ," which was tied for the lowest grade. Maybe they should Phil McConkey Jersey go back to drafting skill players.