The Raiders have done a ton of work on the quarterbacks in the 2023 NFL Draft, meeting with the top five passers. While it seems a bit unlikely that they will trade up for a quarterback, they do appear to still be in the market for a franchise quarterback.
But not every quarterback in this draft fits well with the Raiders or their timeline. One of the quarterbacks that just doesn’t make any sense for Las Vegas is Hendon Hooker from Tennessee.
In a recent article by Alex Kay of Bleacher Report, he named one player that every team should avoid in the NFL Draft. For the Raiders, that was Hooker. Here is why he believes Hooker would be a bad fit for the Raiders:
There will be some intriguing options on Day 2 and Day 3, with guys like Stanford’s Tanner McKee, BYU’s Jaren Hall and Fresno State’s Jake Haener considered the next three top quarterbacks by the Bleacher Report Scouting Department.
Any of those would be a preferable option to Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker, who has generated some recent buzz as a potential first-rounder despite being the No. 10 QB in this class on the latest B/R Scouting Department rankings.
Hooker would simply be too much of a reach if he’s still on the clock at No. 38, let alone anywhere in the first round.
For a variety of reasons, Hooker just doesn’t make sense for Las Vegas. He’s not a fit in the offense under Josh McDaniels and he needs a lot of development in his pocket presence. Plus, he’s already 25 years old and is coming off a torn ACL.
The Raiders will select a quarterback at some point in the 2023 NFL Draft. Just don’t expect it to be Hendon Hooker.
