ill be surprised if the raiders don't take an offensive tackle with their first round pick.
Some good OTs available.
Dline players seem to be all over the board.
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ill be surprised if the raiders don't take an offensive tackle with their first round pick.
Nothing changed with the firing of Del Rio for the 100m dollar GrudenI knew times were tough but I didn't realise that bad. Pretty hard to be that be for that long.
Nothing changed with the firing of Del Rio for the 100m dollar Gruden
Del Rio and Reggie McKenzie had the team on an upward swing, yes there were hits and mostly misses in the draft but nothing's changed on that front with Grudock.
Felt sorry for JDR, thought he was very stiff to be fired when he was.
Agree, thought they blew it all up too early. Reckon the players loved playing for JDR. Seemed to have a great relationship with players just from what I saw from the outside looking in.
McKenzie missed on plenty but absolutely nailed some also. Mayock and Gruden haven't come close to drafting that well.
If Mark Davis wasnt so in love with Jon Gruden he probably wouldnt have fired Del Rio, or at least not so soon. Soon as Gruden was interested in returning to coaching Davis couldnt contain himself. Also, if Davis hadnt signed him for 10 years at 100m, and not in love with hin, maybe Gruden would get fired. The Raiders lost a bunch of games at the end of the 2020 season to tumble out of playoff contention. If one is to criticize Del Rios run of four losses at the end.
I'll grant you that. Gruden offers long-term stability, and they can gradually build year after year where other coaches didnt have that luxury. If they can fix the D and get a reliable #1 WR, they can be contenders. The D needs a LOT of pieces tho.Under Del Rio the offense had stumbled to be one of the worst in the league, and the D wasn't exactly much better. This current raiders team had a top 10 scoring offense last year, and even though they lost games down the stretch, their offense didn't ease up on points. The D was horrific but it is not as if this team is void of positives to move forward with as was the case with Del Rio in 2017.
I'll grant you that. Gruden offers long-term stability, and they can gradually build year after year where other coaches didnt have that luxury. If they can fix the D and get a reliable #1 WR, they can be contenders. The D needs a LOT of pieces tho.
Outside of Carr, Mack and Cooper, what picks did he absolutely nail? Could add Gabe Jackson potentially as a solid player but he's nothing more than slightly above average.
2012 draft was abysmal. 2013 was no better (Hayden, Watson, Moore, Tyler Wilson). 2014 A+ with Mack, Carr and Jackson. 2015 nailed the Cooper pick but the rest of that draft was horrific. 2016 was another horrendous draft (Karl Joseph et al). 2017 the failed DBs of Gareon Conley and Obi Melifonwu.
Gruden and Mayock haven't found that top end talent in the draft, but they've found a lot of solid players (albeit have overdrafted some players).
When you hit on QB and Edge rusher , irrespective of what pick, that goes a long way to making your team good. (Gabe Jackson is most definitely a "nailed" pick)
The Raiders ended up trading Mack for some "solid players" ...when you trade Mack you're not hoping for solid in return. Comparing Ferrell and Mack as top 5 picks is good for a laugh.
Outside of Mack, trying to remember the last round 1 pick we nailed on D. I know I am probably wrong, but feels like we have drafted a few CBs high over the years that have been pretty average.
I don't think Gabe Jackson was a "nailed" pick by any means. I think he was a reasonable player who Reggie McKenzie severely overpaid for on the 2nd contract.
Even if they didn't trade Mack, I don't think the quality of their D as a whole would have been any better under Guenther. Trying to compare Ferrell to Mack is stupid though - with Mack you're looking at an All-Pro talent, Ferrell isn't close to that level. At the same time, comparing them as top 5 picks isn't exactly a fair fight either. Look at the 2019 first round picks as a whole, and it is not as if there are that many guys picked in the top 15 who I would take over Ferrell at this point. It was a pretty weak class as a whole in that respect.
Probably the 2010 first round pick that was traded to get Seymour!
Just for lols, remove QBs (since you had Carr) and tell me which players Ferrell is better than that were selected in the first round of 2019's draft.
Ferrell was selected 5 overall because Gruock thought hed be a Mack. Gruock have frittered away so many picks. Only Jacobs was a good get and not a reach late 1st.
Go take a look at the top 15 picks. Devin White has not been a star in Tampa - played well in Super Bowl but so did that entire Tampa D. Ed Oliver and Christian Wilkins haven't done much. Rashaan Gary has been disappointing. The guy that has shown the most from picks 4-15 was Devin Bush and even he had a season ending injury last year and is an unknown going forward.
It's not as if there was a clear guy that was a must have with that #4 pick.
This couldn't be further from the truth. There was never a belief that Ferrell was going to be a regular 10 sack/year guy. They drafted Ferrell because Guenther wanted a defensive edge setter in the run game who would pop up for 6-8 sacks a year in the mould of a Michael Johnson like he had in Cincinnati. He has shown to be a very good edge setter in the run game, and was their best pass rusher last season (although the sacks didn't exactly reflect that).
He's never going to live up to expectations that one would have as the #4 pick, but he's still a solid player, and given that the 2019 first round was pretty weak in general, I'm not going to act as if they completely whiffed on the pick.
It's hard not to like the Ngakoue deal. 2 year deal so won't affect them long term if it doesn't work out. Will be 27 at the end of the contract so still plenty of years left in him at a high level you would think. Since 2017 he has the highest amount of QB pressures by all edge rushers in the league (254 per NextGen). Since 2016 he has the 12 highest sack totals of all defensive players, 3rd highest amount of strip sacks, 6th highest amount of QB pressures per Sportsradar, and 2nd highest amount of forced fumbles.
First Bradley's scheme in the leo position perfectly as well. Really can't complain about this signing.