We wondered a few days ago if the Raiders would pick up the fifth-year option on former No. 24 pick Josh Jacobs. The expectation is that they will considering he has been highly productive and the price tag isn’t too expensive.
But what about Johnathan Abram? The No. 27 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft is coming off th ebest season of his career as he had 116 total tackles. Will the Raiders pick up his option at $11.5 million for the 2023 season?
In a recent article by Brad Spielberger of Pro Football Focus, he talked about every team’s first-round pick from the 2019 NFL Draft and predicted if they would exercise or decline their fifth-year options this offseason. For him, the Abram decision looks pretty easy:
“Abram found his place in the Raiders’ defense in 2021 as a strong safety/linebacker hybrid who spent more time down in the box and carried receivers out of the slot, and he logged over 850 snaps in consecutive seasons after missing almost his entire rookie campaign.
Abram’s…