Dave Ziegler: Offensive Line is a Developmental Position

Raiders General Manager Dave Ziegler says the offensive line is a developmental position.

It’s no secret that the Las Vegas Raiders will be aiming to add some players to their offensive line in this year’s NFL Draft.

But one of the hardest things for rookies to do is make the transition from the college style of playing on the offensive line to the NFL.

Raiders General Manager Dave Ziegler says it’s a developmental position.

“I mean, we're working through that process now,” Zielger said. “I think, like you said, the offensive line is a developmental position. I think it's hard to say that there's this level of depth in the draft, that these players are going to come in and start for you and contribute right away in the middle rounds of the draft.”

Ziegler continued that there’s a transition phase that takes place.

“I think there's a lot of transitions that take place in general,” Ziegler said. “If you look at just a guy who is coming from college football to pro football, the amount of life transitions that take place, the amount of professional transitions that take place are extraordinary.”

“The offensive line, as we talked about at the owners' meeting, there's even more transitions than some of the other positions. So, I think we're excited about some of the players that are in the draft, that are at the offensive line that may not be first and second-round guys. And so, we recognize that.

“At the end of the day, we'll see. Yeah, there's players that we like, but we'll see how it goes.”

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