Oakland Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie is feeling the pressure of not drafting inside the top five for the first time in his tenure. And there is a lot riding on this year’s draft. Pick the right guy, and you keep building the momentum the team has been building. Pick the wrong guy and – well – it’s best not to think about that.
There is a lot of talent on the board in tonight’s first round of drafting action. But the question is – where will McKenzie, who holds the fourteenth overall pick, opt to spend that? For all of their upgrades, the Raiders do still have a few areas of need – a run stuffing/pass defending inside linebacker comes to mind.