In 2016, only two players were drafted higher than Raiders S Karl Joseph for not getting their 5th year option.

It's now official. The deadline has passed for the teams to exercise the 5th year option on the first round 2016 picks. Karl Joseph was not among them, making it the last year of his rookie contract.

Fourteenth overall pick of the 2016 draft, Joseph is one of the most drafted players of that year for not getting his option. The only players to have been drafted above were the 8th overall pick of the Titans battling Jack Conklin and the 10th overall pick of the Apple Eli Saints (originally selected by the Giants and traded to New Orleans.

However, it is not uncommon for first-round picks not to receive their option. In fact, once you entered the bottom of the first round of this draft, more players did not have the opportunity to choose their option than those who did, as Field says so well. Yates of ESPN.

Only 6 of the last 19 players selected in this first round had their chosen option.

Basically, the main problem with Karl Joseph as one of the highest players chosen not to receive the fifth year is mainly related to being selected too high in the project. He had just suffered a serious injury to the ACL during his senior season in West Virginia, which earned him a long preparation period at training camp. The lingering effects of the injury – both physical and mental – have cost him his rookie season.

After his first full season as a fitness starter in 2017, the new defense coordinator, Paul Guenther, came in and put two veterans on the field in front of him who he said could handle his defense as he did. ; heard. Then Joseph got hurt early in the season and was unable to start until the eighth week after the week off. And down and here he was among the best defenders of the Raiders last season.

We are basically talking about a team having to make a half-season decision. Just bad luck more than anything.

Look like this, though. If Joseph plays well this season, he will look for a new contract anyway. whether by extension or otherwise. If he does not play well enough to win a new contract, the Raiders will not be on the hook for another season and will either continue or sign him for a new contract more favorable than the year of the year. 39, 5th year option. The other 11 teams that did not choose the option of their 2016 first-round pick think the same thing.