The Las Vegas Raiders gambled with a coin flip at the 2024 draft and time will tell if Brock Bowers is the answer.
According to rookie Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold, Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce told him the decision to take Bowers came down to a coin flip.
“(The Lions) knew that the Raiders, there was a possibility that they took me,” Arnold told The Next 1Round podcast. “And, actually, the Raiders coach, they called me after the draft, they were like, ‘We actually had a coin toss between you and Brock Bowers. It landed on him.'”
Raiders assistant GM Champ Kelly was not keen to confirm the veracity of the coin toss.
“I can’t confirm that at all,” he said. “Terrion is a good player. I’m excited to watch his career and watch him play. But we drafted Brock, and we’re excited to get him here. And I don’t think anyone else in our whole draft room felt any other way.”
The Raiders will hope their number 13 pick will be fortuitous.
