This week NFL Network’s most respected draft expert hopped on conference call to answer the media’s questions. Some of those questions were about what the Raiders might do with the tenth overall pick.
On best case scenario at 10 and trading down:
MAYOCK: I’ll tell you what, it’s been kind of fascinating watching Coach Gruden and Reggie and everybody working the free agent period. I think they were probably more active than anybody. What they’re trying to do, I think, was sign a bunch of one-year contracts to fill a bunch of needs so that when the draft day came, they could deal from strength and pick the best player on their board.