His first time in California. Today 1st-round pick Karl Joseph arrived at the team facility: https://t.co/6fwBd4Hpii pic.twitter.com/SF9vG4rAzn

— OAKLAND RAIDERS (@RAIDERS) May 10, 2016

Just want to point out again that the three NFL evaluations that were returned to Karl Joseph last season said he was everything but a first-round pick … which was true, I guess, until he became a first-round pick this year. Now he’s sitting on a four-year contract worth $11.88 million and an average of $2.9 million per season. The Raiders have a team option for the fifth year, as is standard with rookie deals like this one or Tavon Austin’s, and in that fifth season a player can more or less double the total value of the first four years.

Meanwhile, that glare joins a Raiders defense that includes Bruce Irvin, Aldon Smith, Malcolm Smith, Khalil Mack, Reggie Nelson, Sean Smith, D.J. Hayden, fellow rookies Shilique Calhoun and Jihad Ward and a few other folks to avoid between the lines.