Raider’s mailbag: What will Las Vegas do with 6th overall selection in NFL draft?

After concentrating on the free agency in the past few weeks, we are postponing the equipment with the Las Vegas Raiders Postbag this week and diving into the NFL design of 2025. We have a lot to go, so let’s get there!

Q: What do the Raiders do in view of the Geno Smith trading with selection No. 6? QB, BPA, need or trade?

A: Best player available.

Trading with Smith buys John Spytek and Pete Carroll for some time to find out the long -term plan for quarterback, which means that they do not have to take early or not at all during the design. I think with needs that the Raiders have so many at the moment that there could be some overlaps in these strategies.

For example, the team could use a cornerback, a wide receiver, running back and future Left Tackle, who can fill Johnson, Tetairoa McMillan, Ashton Jeanty and Will Campbell. Mason Graham is the only one of the top prospects in this year’s class who does not meet any need, but should still be on the table.

More about trading later.

Q: In addition to the popular options of Will Howard and Jalen Milroe Development -QBS, are there that could/should take a look at the Raiders in the middle rounds?

A: Outside of these two and assuming that Jaxson Dart is not in this discussion, my choice would be Louisvilles Tyler Shough. Let me formulate Tyler Shough’s Tyler Shough by Oregon/Texas Tech/Louisville.

If you have just looked at Shogh’s band from last season, you may be wondering why he is not considered a selection in the first round. He has a lot of arm talent and is a good athlete for the position with which some tools can work.

However, Shough is a one-year miracle that has taken in college for seven years to put everything together and a 26-year-old rookie. He also has to take into account a history of injury. But when we talk about using a chance of a quarterback in the middle of the round, Shough is the guy on which I would bet.

The Raiders are reportedly high on Quinn Ewers from Texas, which I do not fully understand, and Kyle McCord from Syracuse could also be fascinating. McCord has an impressive accuracy, but has no good physical properties with which you can work.

F: If the Raiders concentrate on the offensive line in the first round, how would they classify the following options: Pick Will Campbell with six, Pick Armand Membou at six, in the middle of the teenager and the selection of Kelvin banks, trade in the early 20s and Pick Tyler Booker or Josh Simmons and actively select the 20s and select Gray Zabel?

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A: Campbell around six, Membou with six, early 20s for Simmons, Mid-Teens for Banks, at the end of 20 for Zabel and Bucher in early 20.

I like Campbell’s game very much and think he is the best offensive lineman in the design that is worth the number 6 overall. Membou definitely has the properties to become a high quality offensive tackle, and I would not hate this selection at all, I like Campbell a little more. Simmons’ injuries affect me, but a selection of the early 20s for a man who could be a Premier -Link -Tackle is an excellent price ratio, and I think it is better than banks if he is healthy. As for Zabel Versus Booker, I like the value with Zabel at the end of 20 and think he is a better athlete than booker and therefore better suits Chip Kelly.

Q: If you look at the Raiders’ squad, it seems that a hole on the nasal attack is. Have you seen one in the design that is worth a look?

A: Welcome to my dojo, I love a good nose tackle!

I think there is a handful of high -quality noses in this year’s class, starting with Kenneth Grant from Michigan. Grant is a skirt in a running game and a sporty freak that is also suitable as a pass-rusher, but it will probably be a middle until late in the first round, i.e. outside the range for silver and black.

The two nasal fights that I would consider as “my boys” are Alfred Collins and Jordan Phillips from Maryland. Collins didn’t play a lot of nose, but he has the ability to align himself up the middle at the next level. Phillips is a former high school wrestler and weightlifter that can eat double teams in the trenches.

I would be happy if the Raiders go away in the design with one of these three and keep their eyes open for film rooms!

Q: How deep is the design class at FS, LB and NT? Do the Raiders have to meet these needs with their top 100 picks or can they wait and address OL, RB, WR early?

A: I can’t speak much to the depth of the free security fund, since I have not yet entered the weed at this position. I addressed the nose sellers above and the position has a good amount of depth there, the same applies to linebackers. In my opinion, this is one of the better LineBacker courses in recent years.

With TOP 100 picks you want to find as many potential starters as possible. So I would not pass on security, a line backer or a nose fighting that fits this description and hope that someone else will be available later. But yes, line backers and nose attacks definitely have a little depth this year.

Q: With Jakobi Meyers and his 4.65 40 ownership -Up to combine with Bowers & Te/Big Slot route; Doesn’t it make more sense to pursue a man from outside (6 ‘ +) who can lose the top? Tre Tucker plays 20% of the snapshots/subordinate.

A: I am with you, this is a tetairoa McMillan hatred! Lol.

Part of the problem is that this is a Down -Wide Receiver class overall and I am not sure whether there is a man who fits her description and is a high quality view. I also think that in Las Vegas’ Wide Receiver situation a little short sides.

The crime could use a young potential WR1, especially since Meyers entered a contract year. Here the logic with McMilliam comes into play. Admittedly, I am with you that I am also not 100 percent sold for him to be clear.

I would not sleep on Tre Tucker now because the Raiders have a strongly armed quarterback in Smith. I don’t know where you received the 20 percent number, but at Pro Football Reference he played in 88 percent of the offensive in 88 percent last season. This will be a crucial year for Tucker, but I think he can be what Smith had in Tyler Lockett with the Seahawks.

A: To be honest, I would rather have Travis Hunter (very doubtful that he falls on six), Graham, Campbell or Johnson than Janty or McMillian, and would try to return if these were the only two options.

As mentioned above, I am not fully sold on McMillian. I am not an anti-and-running back type, but I think the Raiders have too many other questions to use a top 10 selection for a running back, especially if this year’s class is in the position. Janty has a brilliant future in front of him, I just don’t think he would be the best investment for the Raiders.

For me, the better value for Las Vegas would be more capital and able to satisfy more needs than take one of these two with six.

A: We are here on the same side. I could turn around Johnson and Campbell, but I could be influenced in both directions and think that both players would be good pickups. I have withdrawn a little with the trade, and to add this, this year’s design class lacks some top-end talents, but has a group of quality prospects in the range from 20 to 60. So I would not be angry with more draft picks.

Apart from a Jon Gruden/Mike Mayock Art in the first round, there are not many options with which I would get upset at night … which probably means that the Raiders find a new way to annoy me in the design evening, LOL!

A: In this sense, I have nightmares that you take Jaxson Dart with me at the age of six. I haven’t seen this in seemingly designs, but I also don’t remember how Alex Leatherwood or Damon Arnette were also mocked to the Raiders in the first round. There could be a range for a need like the Jahdae Barron of Texas, where Barron is not viewed as a top 10 election that leads to the draft. But it is difficult to forecast a real shock like the Gruden and Mayock.

A: The Raiders met with darts at the combine harvester, so he is definitely on their radar. Where he will go is a kind of puzzle at that time. I could see how the Pittsburgh Steelers took at the age of 21, and I could see that it was available at 37. Personally, I don’t like darts enough to exchange for him, but it would not matter if the Raiders take it with them in the second round.

Q: Is there a reason why the Raiders have not had a press conference for Geno Smith since trade? Or do you work on a new contract first?

A: I assume that you are waiting for the contract extension before you have Smith’s introductory press. It is strange that the Raiders have not yet expanded him. While the expansion was not present when the trade happened, it seemed pretty cut and dry that it would get a new deal so that the hold-up was the head scratch and I thought it had been done in the meantime. On the other hand, I may only be drawn with the Raiders from previous free agencies …

A: Unless it is a really cheap one -year contract, I would pass on Tyler Lockett. Its production has dropped steadily in the past three years and it will be 33 in September. I would rather see how the Raiders take a chance of someone in the design.

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