If the Raiders want to be a playoff team again in 2022, they are going to need their defense to be even better. For that to happen, they will need several young players to greatly improve.
One player that is poised to break out in 2022 is linebacker Divine Deablo. After making the transition from safety to linebacker, the former Virginia Tech star was able to crack the starting lineup at the end of the season.
In a recent article by Maurice Moton of Bleacher Report, he named Deablo as one of the biggest sleepers and “best-kept secrets” in the league. Here is a snippet of what Moton had to say about Deablo: