The Las Vegas Raiders appear to be getting some NFL draft advice from an unlikely source.
The Raiders own the sixth overall pick in the draft to be held later this month. Following a disastrous 4-13 campaign last season, the team evidently has several holes to fill.
But according to GM John Spytek’s son Jack, there’s a clear choice on who the team should select at six: Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty. The elder Spytek recently appeared on Sirius XM NFL Radio and revealed just how passionate Jack was about the Raiders picking Jeanty.
“My oldest son has made it no secret that if we don’t pick Ashton Jeanty at six, that he’s walking out on the family and he’s going to find somebody else,” John Spytek said. “Probably whoever takes Ashton. … He walked right into our building and basically told Mark Davis, ‘If my dad doesn’t take Ashton Jeanty, he’s doing a bad job.'”
John admitted that the only scouting Jack has really done on Jeanty involves watching the running back’s highlights on YouTube. Jack also plays a lot of fantasy football, where running backs are arguably the most essential position group for a team’s success. Unless you have 2024 Saquon Barkley on your team, that’s far from reality on the actual gridiron.
But the Raiders could do much worse than picking Jeanty, whose breakout 2024 campaign earned him a top-two finish in Heisman Trophy voting. Las Vegas’ 1,357 rushing yards as a team ranked dead last in the NFL last season.
Jack is also far from the only Raiders fan who believes Jeanty is the right pick for the team.
