McDonald is my top choice for Las Vegas in the second round<\/a>. Not only did Schrager send the Ohio State product to the Buffalo Bills at No. 26, but he also said that he\u2019s \u201chearing significant first-round buzz\u201d surrounding the nose tackle. Granted, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that happens, especially since the Bears, Houston Texans and New England Patriots could also use some beef in the trenches.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Barring a trade-up, it sounds like the Raiders will have to settle for Lee Hunter, Christen Miller or a third\/fourth-rounder. The good news is there are plenty of options in this year\u2019s draft class.<\/p>\n
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This year\u2019s crop of offensive tackles is weak, but that didn\u2019t stop Schrager from having seven go in the first round of his mock. That makes sense because it\u2019s a premium position where teams, especially the ones picking in the backend of day one, are willing to invest a high pick on a developmental prospect who has high-end traits.<\/p>\n
A lot of people have been curious if Caleb Lomu (27th, San Francisco 49ers), Blake Miller (22nd, Los Angeles Chargers) or Max Iheanachor (28th, Texans) will be available at 36, but Schrags had each of them coming off the board in the 20s. That being said, Miller to Los Angeles is a head-scratcher since the Chargers are set at tackle with Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt, while the interior of their line needs help.<\/p>\n
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The biggest surprise player who wasn\u2019t included in Schrager\u2019s first round mock has to be Keldric Faulk. I\u2019m not a huge fan of the Auburn product as a day one talent, but if I\u2019m a general manager and you\u2019re telling me I can get a 20-year-old with elite physical traits in the second round, sign me up! Faulk would be a luxury pick, but would also be a good scheme fit as a 4i-technique defensive end.<\/p>\n
It was a lot less surprising to see Peter Woods fall out of round one since he\u2019s been losing quite a bit of steam since the summer, and a mediocre pro day workout didn\u2019t do him any favors. Still, the 2024 tape is impressive enough that the Clemson product might be worth taking a flier on if he slides to No. 36. That could give Las Vegas a first-round talent in round two.<\/p>\n
Avieon Terrell is another former Tiger who seems to be teetering between hearing his name called on Thursday or Friday night at the end of the month. Schrags had the cornerback falling out of the first, and while the Raiders don\u2019t have a pressing need with Eric Stokes and Darien Porter returning to the perimeter of the defense, the position group has plenty of room to add extra talent. Terrell could easily push for a starting job as a rookie in Sin City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While ESPN leaves the breaking news to Adam Schefter (and Ian Rapoport after the company purchased NFL Network),…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[24724,64,63,4632,248437,1261,133465,226907,241705,1238,1234,51511,255268,51508,289973,103353,255676,1255,2360,80738,120273,2623,1250,481,3052,1233,1239,216516,1231,1235,593,2361,122006,246787,3369,1219,217360,1260,43812,1262,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-594155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-adam-schefter","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-bears","12":"tag-blake-miller","13":"tag-buffalo-bills","14":"tag-caleb-downs","15":"tag-chris-brazzell","16":"tag-christen-miller","17":"tag-cleveland-browns","18":"tag-dallas-cowboys","19":"tag-darien-porter","20":"tag-dillon-thieneman","21":"tag-eric-stokes","22":"tag-eugene","23":"tag-fernando-mendoza","24":"tag-germie-bernard","25":"tag-houston-texans","26":"tag-ian-rapoport","27":"tag-joe-alt","28":"tag-kc-concepcion","29":"tag-las-vegas","30":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","31":"tag-los-angeles","32":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","33":"tag-miami-dolphins","34":"tag-minnesota-vikings","35":"tag-mock-drafts","36":"tag-new-england-patriots","37":"tag-new-york-jets","38":"tag-nfl","39":"tag-nfl-network","40":"tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys","41":"tag-omar-cooper-jr","42":"tag-oregon","43":"tag-oregon-ducks","44":"tag-peter-schrager","45":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","46":"tag-rashawn-slater","47":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","48":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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