Las Vas is the most likely NFL destination for Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr., if the betting odds are to be believed.
The Raiders are Penix’s +380 draft favorites, ahead of the Vikings and Broncos each at +470, the Giants at +650, the Seahawks at +1000 and the Saints at +1100, according to FanDuel.
Four quarterbacks — USC’s Caleb Williams, LSU’s Jayden Daniels, North Carolina’s Drake Maye and Michigan’s JJ McCarthy — are viewed as safe choices. Penix and Oregon’s Bo Nix are the two quarterbacks whose status is hardest to guess.
The Raiders have Aidan O’Connell as their starting starter and signed Gardner Minshew as a free agent, and if they don’t draft a quarterback, these two will compete to be the Raiders’ starter. But if Penix is at No. 13 when the Raiders pick, then he could be the new franchise quarterback that new head coach Antonio Pierce, new general manager Tom Telesco and owner Mark Davis would certainly love to recruit.
