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2017 Raiders - how's the 2018 draft looking? (1 Viewer)

Reading about the Lynch trade, the Seahawks were thinking maybe just to swap 1st rounders, which Reggie turned down.  Considering the Texans are the only team between SEA and OAK, makes you wonder what the angle was.  

Clearly, QB.  Looking at the QB-needy teams, HOU at 25, KC at 27, PIT at 30, and NO at 32.  Not to mention CLE, SF, JAX, and CHI all piled at the top of the 2nd round.  

I think Reggie gets some calls from some of those teams.  Very interesting spot for a trade down, maybe a windfall trade down.  

 
On 95.7 The Game yesterday, Greg Papa said this about the Raiders draft (paraphrasing of course)

- the Raiders would draft a slot corner at the #24 pick. 

- he's heard all the talk about ILB but thinks that Reggie believes he can find LB talent for cheaper than that. 

Papa's guess is probably as good as anyone's but, since he's the "voice of the Raiders", I thought I'd mention it here. Maybe his instincts from being around the team so much will prove him right. 

Personally, I want an explosive DT or ILB in the 1st but I guess I should trust this dude named Reggie who seems to know a thing or two about football...

 
There are so many ways the Raiders can go in this years draft. I gotta think they have a handful of players they really like and it will all come down to how the draft plays out and who falls to them. I've never seen a draft so up in the air,  and 24 is a good spot to be in a draft like this. 

-If Reddick falls I'd be ecstatic if they pick him. But it sounds like he's rising and might not get past Buffalo @10.

-Reggie loves the OL. I would not be surprised at all if Cam Robinson is the pick. 

-DB is also a strong option. Guys like Jackson, White, King or Humphrey would be the un-sexy pick, but fills a hole left by Hayden and more all around depth. And I can't see them going into 2017 with Antonio Hamilton as the slot corner. 

--Then there's DL and DEs. If an edge rusher falls in their lap like Barnett, Harris or McKinley I think they take a long look.

-LB is a need and I wouldn't mind them drafting a guy like Davis but I get the feeling it's highly unlikely Reggie will take an ILB that high. 

-Based on what Reggie has done in the past I think he goes with the best DB on the board that fits his measurables. Long, tall, sturdy corner in the mold of Amerson, Smith and Hayden.  Tre'Davious White is my anti climatic, boring pick. 

 
Would love Cam Robinson.  Would love Gareon Conley or Adoree Jackson.  Would love Roster or Reddick.

Wouldn't mind trading down, but not if one of the above is there.  We're contenders now (!!!) and we need to be consolidating our talent into starters, not diluting our starters for the sake of depth.

 
The value pick for this draft would be Cam Robinson if he falls to 24. Plenty of similar talents at DT/CB/S to be had later, but no other OTs of this caliber. He can come in and start right away on the right side, and provide 5 years of relatively cheap high-end OT play.

Or trade down a few picks to a QB hungry team looking to jump the Texans.

More I think about it, the less I see Reggie taking an ILB in rd 1.

 
 The signings of Cook and Lynch are hole fillers. 

Assumption is that those positions won't be draft picks.

If they are, you can bet they are talents the team just couldn't pass on.

 
massraider said:
 The signings of Cook and Lynch are hole fillers. 

Assumption is that those positions won't be draft picks.

If they are, you can bet they are talents the team just couldn't pass on.
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Agree.  I don't think either of these signings preclude adding more talent at the positions if the value is right.

 
As bad as we need defensive help at all levels- I would love Robinson to fall. Penn is getting long in the tooth and Robinson can take over RT now and we are rock solid on the whole line. Then we have the heir apparent at a hard position to fill LT in a couple of years. At the 24 spot? Hard to pass that up unless you have a guy fall that there is no real expectation of them falling that far. Robinson seems to have a chance to fall to us. 

 
Well I'm clearly in the minority here.  I want nothing to do with Cam Robinson.  Struggles in pass protection, lazy at times, commits too many penalties and character concerns.  No thanks.  Don't see how it's not defense, but if it was offense I would not be mad if it was Engram.

 
Wow, love to see the Chiefs cannibalize their draft picks for project QB. 

 
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Even with the medical- I am surprised to see Allen falling this far. We don't need a DE really but we have to consider him at 24 if he did fall that far. 

Foster looks like he has a very good chance to falling to us. Short of Allen- that is a huge talent vs picking spot reward and on top of that fills a need. Would make me giddy. I think he medical issues shouldn't be that much of a concern. 

 
How bad is Fosters shoulder? Everything I read before was he has stinger issues early in college but not as much later. ???

 
At what point do we look to move up to high 2nd to get Foster? Even with medical questions.... it is similar to last year with Jaylon Smith and Myles Jack, no? I would be more concerned with their medicals than Foster. Seems like a guy like him who falls for medical will go early 2nd. Do we make that move? Would go a long way to filling another hole of two on D.

 
Hmmm.

High risk, high reward pick. I would have preferred Foster as well, but at least good that they went CB, which was biggest need after LB IMO. 

While Lattimore is the top of the class at the position, saw some scouting say that Conley is the better overall prospect. Me, I would have Looked at Tre'Davious White or Kevin King for his length, maybe even Chidobe Awuzie. But Conley brings some well-rounded skills in press cover and as a slot corner -- and potentially a shut down corner if he continues to develop. He certainly seemed to work from an island a lot of times at OSU.

Seeing Atlanta and then Buffalo trade up to get defensive backfield players, kinda think Reggie started a mini run. Maybe not, but at the very least we fill a spot of need. 

And if the rape allegations turn out to be nothing, we may have even gotten him at a discount.

Still wary at the risk in our first rounder. But in Reggie We Trust.

 
I like the pick. If it weren't for the rape allegations he would have been drafted earlier in the draft. Like Stompin' Tom Connors I also had CB high on the Raiders need list. Really after Amerson and Smith we don't have much to speak of and it's not like Amerson and Smith played lights out last season. Amerson and Smith were alright but far from great. Plus after this season if the Raiders want to move on from Amerson or Smith they can with no penalty to the cap. It gives Conley a year to get up to NFL speed.

 
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