{"id":886324,"date":"2026-05-09T05:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/886324\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:27:19","slug":"dalton-johnson-has-an-advantage-hes-bringing-from-arizona-that-should-allow-him-to-learn-rob-leonards-scheme-very-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/886324\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalton Johnson has an advantage he’s bringing from Arizona that should allow him to learn Rob Leonard’s scheme very quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Las Vegas Raiders drafted four secondary players in the 2026 NFL Draft, and Dalton Johnson could end up being a huge steal. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMay 2, 2026; Henderson, NV, USA; Las Vegas Raiders safety Dalton Johnson (43) runs through a drill during a Rookie Minicamp at Intermountain Health Performance Center. Mandatory Credit: Candice Ward-Imagn Images
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The Las Vegas Raiders made the secondary a focal point in the 2026 NFL Draft. That was easily one of their biggest flaws heading into the draft. Now, it feels like we may be able to say the secondary will be a bright spot of this roster.<\/p>\n

This safety room has a ton of potential, with Treydan Stukes likely a starter and Dalton Johnson, a player who can develop into a starter. The two of them played together at Arizona,<\/a> where they learned several different defensive schemes, and that should only help them as they start their NFL careers. Johnson knows he can use that as an advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I would say it was huge because through the whole draft process, just all the zones and the scheme installs, it made it fairly easy because it was just defenses that I\u2019ve run and seen,\u201d Johnson told reporters. \u201cFrom knowing whether it was different lingo, but it all was the same in its own aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the growing part, which is more opportunities to play different positions, just boundary, whether I was in the post or roll down safety, or even going a little bit of nickel. It was a crazy story, and just in the moment seemed like hectic, but I don\u2019t want my story to be any other way, and I\u2019m just so thankful for the opportunity and the coaches that have come through Arizona and just taught me and grown my football knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson has the IQ and physicals to be a starter<\/p>\n

Johnson is just under 6\u20190, is 190 pounds, and has 31\u2033 arms. He\u2019s got decent length to help contest passes in the backend of the secondary. He\u2019s pretty fast, too, as he ran a 4.41 40-yard dash. He also had a 1.59 10-yard split, 36\u2033 vertical jump, and a 9\u201911\u201d broad jump.<\/p>\n

In this draft class, the Raiders made sure to draft versatile, very athletic, and very fast players. This is, as we say, \u201cthe Al-Davis way\u201d; Johnson has all the tools needed to be successful. Now, it\u2019s just about putting all of the pieces together.<\/p>\n

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Las Vegas Raiders News<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGrading the pick: Raiders doubled up in more than one way after drafting Dalton Johnson in the fifth round\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

The Las Vegas Raiders ended up taking another safety in the 2026 NFL Draft and have now taken three players in the secondary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Las Vegas Raiders drafted four secondary players in the 2026 NFL Draft, and Dalton Johnson could end…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[119128,7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525,2583,2679],"class_list":["post-886324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-las-vegas-raiders","tag-dalton-johnson","tag-football","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-lasvegas","tag-lasvegasraiders","tag-nfl","tag-raiders","tag-rookie","tag-safety"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116542967220005768","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}