It seems there may some hive mind happening lately with regard to mock drafts. Just in the past three days, a slew of mock drafts are all predicting the Raiders will be picking Georgia middle linebacker Roquan Smith with their pick at either 9 or 10 in April’s draft.
According to our mock draft database, eight of the ten mock drafts to come out since February 19 have Roquan Smith as the Raiders’ pick.
Today alone saw several mock drafts including from Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and ESPN all have Smith as the pick.