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2012 NFL Mock Draft Raiders Full 7 Round Mock

Jesse Bartolis — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:13:26 +0000

In one year, the Raiders have traded or used picks in three different rounds for 3 different quarterbacks. Last night, Palmer showed why they used a 1st on him (picture source newsday.com)

I had a few minutes this morning so I thought I’d put together an Oakland Raiders mock draft. Sorry Oakland Raiders fans, this is going to be depressing. What’s crazy? In the last three the Raiders have traded away or used draft picks in the first, third, and fourth round on quarterbacks!! Right now, the Oakland Raiders only have their 5th and 6th round pick because of all of the trades they have made. Their first round pick belongs to the Oakland Raiders (Carson Palmer), their second round pick belongs to the New England Patriots (of course), their third round pick is tied up in Terrelle Pryor, their fourth round pick was used in a trade with Washington Oakland Raiders. The 7th round pick was probably their best trade as they landed former first round pick Aaron Curry who has flashed some ability at the linebacker spot already.

5th round pick Emanuel Davis CB East Carolina

A good athlete with natural speed. Davis doesn’t have great size, but could add more bulk. The Raiders don’t play with much consistency, but have few true needs. With are Aaron Curry their linebackers have a lot of talent, they are stout up front, Tyvon Branch is playing well at safety. The Raiders are really a talented team, they just need to find some consistency. I recognize that they drafted cornerbacks with two of their picks last year, but with so few picks they have to get value. The cornerback class is pretty deep so that’s a good place to get value this year.

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Oakland Raiders Rookie Review

Jesse Bartolis — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:34:22 +0000

Talking Darrius Heyward Bey and other young Raides with Just Blog Baby

With the Oakland Raiders taking on the San Diego Chargers tonight, I think it good timing to release my interview with Chris Shellcroft of Just Blog Baby, an Oakland Raiders webpage. Just Blog Baby is quirky, funny, and honest and you should all swing over there and check it out.

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1). I have to start here. Was the Carson Palmer trade worth it? That’s an awful lot to give up.
It is still far too early to put any type of a grade on the Palmer trade. Let me just say this much about the whole thing. With a healthy Darren McFadden and Palmer playing at a Pro Bowl level we’re talking about an offense with the potential to be a among the NFL elite. In that scenario there is no price too high you can place on great QB play balanced with an explosive running game. As far as the picks given up go…let’s be honest. Neither the Raiders nor Bengals have a great recent history of making the most of their first round picks. If Cincinnati uses those two picks to grab the next Dan Wilkinson or Akili Smith then they will mean nothing. For Oakland, if this team does in fact turn the corner then those two picks will mean nothing more than open roster spots for veterans. In short, time will tell on this deal. My knee jerk reaction is that they paid far too high a price but, again, you cannot put any value on a franchise caliber QB. If that is what the Raiders ultimately get then these two picks will look like pennies.

2). Will the Raiders ever trade with the Patriots again? It always seems they get fleeced
Two things you can set your watch to on draft day are the Raiders taking the fastest player from the combine and the Raiders trading with the Pats. I realize the Randy Moss deal looms large but the Pats haven’t exactly got too return on their investment in recent dealings. New England badly misses Richard Seymour and we still can’t truly determine how much they’ll get from Nate Solder, who does look good, which was the pick they got from Oakland. Another deal with the Raiders that the Pats got nothing out of was the move for Derrick Burgess. Two years ago the two teams swapped picks on draft day with New England moving up in round two to take Ron Brace who has yet to make an impact. Clearly these two teams have a business relationship. How much more dealing they’ll do in the future remains to be seen. Al Davis and Bill Belichick got along very well. With Davis gone there is no way to know if the trades winds will continue to blow from the Northeast to the East Bay.

3). They say it takes three years to evaluate a draft how’s the 2009 draft class looking?
Until his mysterious benching last week the biggest name from that class, Darrius Heyward-Bey, was showing some real promise. He came into last week’s game with more receiving yards than Roddy White, believe it or not. Still, when you take a receiver in the top 10 you’re expecting game changing plays. The jury is still out on DHB. The other name that grabbed headlines was Mike Mitchell taken in the second round. Mitchell hasn’t exactly made a huge impact but his talent is real. Injuries and defensive schemes have kept Mitchell out of an expanded role. We’re all waiting to see what kind of a player he can be with a clearly defined role and more snaps. Now the gem of the ’09 class is third round pick Matt Shaughnessy. Before his season ending injury this year Shaughnessy was well on his way to becoming a Pro Bowl caliber defensive end. He is a great pass rusher and was really improving against the run.

The guy that has been lost in the mix is Louis Murphy. He jumped out as the class of Oakland’s draft but has never found consistency week in and week out. Plus a hamstring injury kept him out of camp and the first month of the season. Currently Murphy is buried in the depth chart and could be one his way out of Oakland.

Of the 7 players drafted in ’09, 5 are on the active roster. I’m not going to say this draft was a huge success but it has provided the Raiders with some key contributors. Still, this class will be determined by how Heyward-Bey goes. I’d have to say that we’re still looking at a grade of incomplete on this class.

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NFL Recap Week 9: Will it last? Dolphins Reggie Bush

Reggie McColgan — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:00:15 +0000

Will it Last?

How many times do we see a team or a player exceed expectations in a football game and we think, there is no way that can last. That player is either too young or not that good. That team had an easy week or the ball just bounced that way. Most times it does not last, but every so often those early signs are premonitions of what is to come. In this weekly column we will look at 3 players and 3 teams who jumped out.

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Reggie Bush: Considered only a third down back in New Orleans many laughed when Miami not only traded for Reggie Bush but made him their starting “feature” back. He has done better than anyone could have thought. He is not a bruising 20 carries a game back, but half way through the season he is on pace for: 176 carries, 854 yards, 4.8 YPC, 2 TD’s, and 48 receptions for 328 yards and 2 TD’s. That’s solid production. I believe if he stays healthy he can achieve those numbers and be a solid part of the rebuilding of the Miami Dolphins. Will Last

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2012 NFL Mock Draft: Cincinnati Bengals options

Adeed — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:36:08 +0000

Now that the Bengals have traded away Carson Palmer, their draft situation has changed quite a bit. With two first round picks this year, they could do a number of things to get more talent on both sides of the ball.

Option 1) Trent Richardson. With the way the Bengals and Raiders are playing (4-2), both draft picks are projected to be in the second half of the draft. Most likely Richardson will be gone but if he is there, the Bengals need to take him. Benson has been very pedestrian since 2009 and Richardson is arguably the best RB to come out of college football since Adrian Peterson. His combination of size, speed, and power make him a combination of Adrian Peterson and Maurice Jones Drew. He hits the hole and defenders hard and is a legitimate 3 down back that can add to the young nucleus of Dalton, Green, and Gresham.

Option 2) Morris Clairborne. The defense for the Bengals has been playing very well this year but their secondary is still feeling the effects of the departure of Jonathan Joseph. Leon Hall is locked up for the future and is playing at a very high level however; at the other end is Nate Clements. Clements has been very serviceable at CB this year and is continuing to play at a high level but at age 31, his prime days are behind him. Clements is signed through the 2012 season so he could serve as mentor role for Clairborne. The Bengals have also had a good track record with selecting cornerbacks in the first round.

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What Does the Carson Palmer Trade Mean for the Bengals?

Sayre Bedinger — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:03:11 +0000

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Oakland Raiders Acquire Bengals’ Carson Palmer for 2 1st round picks

Jesse Bartolis — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:18:18 +0000

Carson Palmer is a Raider, but it comes at a heavy price (as much as two first round picks)

Al Davis is gone, but that’s not going to stop the Raiders from being aggressive with their first round picks. Today the Bengals have traded Carson Palmer to the Oakland Raiders for a first round pick in 2012 and a conditional first round pick in 2013, according to profootballtalk.com.

Jay Glazer has reported that the 2013 pick is a 2nd round pick that with conditions can become a first round pick.

The Raiders are one of the few teams that are willing to move first round picks in exchange for players having done so recently with both Richard Seymour and now Carson Palmer. This is a move that could really push the Raiders to the playoffs. The Raiders have a very solid group of players along both the offense and defensive lines as well as at the skill positions. Darrius Heywar-Beyhas come on strong this year nearly totaling his receiving yards from the prior season. Bey has 345 yards this year (366 yards the year before) and Darren Mcfadden is one of the best running backs in the entire league. He is averaging 5.5 yards per carry and has over 600 yards rushing already this season in 6 games, he has chipped in another 150 through the air.

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Get to know the Bengals: Draftek’s Bengal Analyst

Jesse Bartolis — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:47:14 +0000

This Draft Could Greatly Depend on Where This Man is Playing Next Year

We’ve been doing interviews from bloggers who cover all the Teams in the N.F.L, but I didn’t get a response from some people so I turned to drafttek.com and asked if they could help out with some of the missing teams. The first of a few different drafttek interviewees is Joseph Mays who covers the Bengals as well as the Dolphins and Patriots. Below is what he had to say about Carson Palmer and the rest of the Bengals.

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Updated NFL Power Rankings: Week 11

jdove — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:00:12 +0000

This ranking was completed by staff writer Jon New.

1. New England Patriots (7-2) Brady seems to have the Steelers number. They also seem to have the Colts, Ravens and Jets number as well. They sure pick good teams to beat up, and it will likely come in handy in January.

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2. Atlanta Falcons (7-2) Atlanta is for real, but if a team ever needed home field for the playoffs it was this team. Matt Ryan is showing what a franchise quarterback is supposed to be

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3. New York Jets (7-2) The Jets are going to wear themselves out playing into overtime every week. But they keep on winning. Playing two game in five days in the next 2 weeks will show if they are as good as their record.

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4. Philadelphia Eagles (6-3) An absolute thrashing of Washington on Monday Night proved that the Eagles made the right decision letting Donovan McNabb go in a trade. What to do with Michael Vick next year is the next question.

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5. Baltimore Ravens (6-3) Tough loss on Thursday for the Ravens, but seriously has any team griped about being ripped off by the refs more than the Ravens?

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6. Indianapolis Colts (6-3) The Colts didn’t look sharp on Sunday, but when playing the Bengals most teams don’t need to. They continue to plug people in when someone gets hurt. We all expect this from Peyton and company but for how much longer?

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7. Green Bay Packers (6-3) The Packers are hurting but they keep on winning.

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8. New Orleans Saints (6-3) The Saints are looking up at Atlanta in their own division and may have to take the wild card route at this point to make the playoffs. However, there is still a lot of football left to play.

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9. New York Giants (6-3) The Giants drew the short straw when they were forced to play Dallas inspired by their change in coach. How the Giants bounce back next week against Philadelphia will show how good this team can be.

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10. Pittsburgh Steelers (6-3) The Steelers are banged up on the offensive line and it showed last night as Big Ben was roughed up. They have had a rough four game stretch going 1-2 in primetime games. They are going to need to plug some holes on the O-line if they want to make a run in the playoffs.
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Week 8 NFL Bold Preditions

jessez — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:20:24 +0000

Heading into week 8 of the NFL season we have a better understanding of who are the contenders and who are just pretenders. The clarity of this understanding makes predicting the winners at week 8 far less risky than at week 3 or 4. So here are my NFL winners for week 8:

Minnesota Vikings at New England Patriots: The weekly drama that surrounds Viking QB Brett Favre continued heading into week 8. During the loss to the Packers in week 7 Favre suffered 2 bone fractures in his surgically repaired ankle. Due to the injury all hype this week was if he was going to play or not against the Patriots. What you didn’t hear in the news hype was his ankle is as bad as it will get, meaning further injury is not a risk. So considering he is on a farewell tour in the league he will suck it up and play no matter what. But what remains to be seen is how much Favre plays within the system of Coach Brad Childress. Favre and Childress have always had an awkward relationship and now that the end is getting closer look for this relationship to be the news of next week if they lose. As for the Patriots? They are on fire after winning 4 straight. Look for the Patriots to take out some rage on their former star wide receiver Randy Moss and limit him to 2 receptions due to the solid play of rookie Devin McCourty . The Patriots will do what they do best and win as they beat the Vikings 36-14 inciting a riot in Minnesota.

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NFL Power Rankings: Week 6

jdove — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:46:54 +0000

Alright I know we are an NFL Draft site but the Power Rankings are going to play an important role here at NFL Mocks. These Rankings are how we will be determining the draft order for our Mock Drafts. So take a look a the Rankings and let us know what you think, as usual I expect some good feedback! These rankings were completed by staff writer Jason Madson.

1. Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1) I was worried about rust with Big Ben missing 4 weeks, but the Browns were a good warmup game for him. The defense is playing better than expected.

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2. New York Jets (5-1) They are a small step below the Steelers for the top spot, but its close. With everybody getting healthy this will be a very dangerous team down the road. Survived a scare this week, but those are expected.

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3. New England Patriots (4-1)This team just keeps getting it done, no matter who they plug in. Deion Branch had a huge game in his return to the Pats.

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4. Baltimore Ravens (4-2) Yes they suffered a tough defeat to the Pats this past week in which they lead most of the game, but this is still an incredibly good team. The offense hasn’t hit on all cylinders yet, once they do Watch Out!

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5. New York Giants (4-2) They got the win against the Lions, but it wasn’t easy. The Giants head to Dallas this week in what should be a very tough game regardless of records.

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6. Tennessee Titans (4-2) The Titans destroyed the Jags last night, but lost Vince Young to a sprained knee. If he is out for an extended period of time, it could hurt the Titans season.

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7. Philadelphia Eagles (4-2) They blew out the Falcons on Sunday, Kolb had his best game of the season and all everyone can talk about is Vick’s absence from the sidelines. Celebrate the win Eagles fans! DeSean Jackson suffered a severe concussion and could miss multiple games.

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8. New Orleans Saints (4-2) The Saints went to Tampa Bay and destroyed an overachieving Bucs team on Sunday. That is what they were supposed to do. Don’t look past the Browns on your way to the Halloween showdown with the Steelers.

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9. Indianapolis Colts (4-2) Indy always finds a way to get the job done, Peyton Manning is the biggest reason for that. They had a tough game on Sunday night, but in the end the Colts outlasted the Redskins.

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10. Houston Texans (4-2) Houston made the comeback of the day on Sunday, trailing by 10 in the 4th quarter to the Chiefs. They came back to win it with some offensive firepower and late defense. I’m still not sold on the Texans.

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