Few, if any, NFL owners and executives valued speed as much as Al Davis when he was running the Raiders. When the team selected Tennessee wide receiver Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the fourth round of the ...

The Las Vegas Raiders are excited by the potential of rookie wide receiver Dont'e Thonrton's size and speed, and the fourth-round pick is invoking memories of Hall of Fame owner Al Davis' appetite ...

The pick that reminded him of his father was Dont’e Thornton Jr., a receiver out of Tennessee with eye-popping measurements, including a 6-foot-5, 205-pound build, exceptional athleticism and ...

L as Vegas Raiders rookie receiver Dont'e Thornton Jr. is already receiving wild comparisons. Just months after being drafted, he's been called the "Al Davis pick of this draft," ...

What they’re saying: Why Dont’e Thornton Jr. was ‘a classic Raider pick’ in fourth round of NFL Draft The Raiders paid homage to their late owner Al Davis and Oakland days by selecting ...

New Las Vegas Raiders wideout Dont’e Thornton really would’ve been a pick that Al Davis would’ve been proud of—did Las Vegas get a steal?. When the Raiders grabbed Tennessee wide receiver ...

Dont'e Thornton Jr. is the kind of pick former Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders owner Mark Davis would have made. A big bodied wide receiver with 4.3 speed.

Dont'e Thornton Jr. is the kind of pick former Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders owner Mark Davis would have made.. A big bodied wide receiver with 4.3 speed. In fact, Raiders director of college ...

The Las Vegas Raiders added Tennessee wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr., a 6-5 speedster with 4.30 speed, in a move that channels the classic Al Davis philosophy of drafting explosive, big-play ...