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Greetings Bo Jackson Jersey White , Raider fans! with not just predictions for the Raiders’ first rounders, but the entirety of Oakland’s picks until the very end of the draft. And as I,..."Greetings, Raider fans! The Great Raiderdamus has returned with not just predictions for the Raiders’ first rounders, but the entirety of Oakland’s picks until the very end of the draft. And as I, the Sultan of Seers, am currently on location in Nashville, I will be live at the Draft reporting on all the goings-on from the very belly of the beast. Tune into the Poobah of Prognostication’s Twitter on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for pictures and analysis of how bad the Titans fans smell.Anyway, here goes the seven-round Raiders mock. I suspect Oakland will do its fair share of wheeling and dealing, but here’s a full draft I’d be highly comfortable with if they decide to stand pat.Round 1, Pick 4: Josh Allen, Edge, KentuckyWe’ve seen plenty of mocks that show Quinnen Williams sliding to the Raiders. Don’t buy it. Williams is the best player in this draft and someone will make a move for him. That leaves Josh Allen for the Raiders, and that’s a home run in my eyes. Allen is a beast off the edge and had a tremendous impact on every game he was in. He can rush the passer, stuff the run and is a capable coverage guy from an outside linebacker spot. Perfect fit for Oakland.Round 1, Pick 24: Noah Fant, TE, IowaFant would be the top tight end in this draft were it not for his teammate, TJ Hockenson, who is a potential top-10 pick. Is the difference in talent between the two players worthy of a 14-pick difference in draft position? No. Fant is a steal anywhere after Pick 15.Round 1, Pick 27: Nasir Adderley, S, DelawareAdderley is not only the best safety in this draft, he also can play corner and his skills at CB are on par with many of the top corners available in this draft. Adderley has almost no weaknesses to his game so long as you don’t put him all alone single-high. He’s a stud.Round 2, Pick 35: Marquise Brown, WR, OklahomaI’m sure some of you noticed that the last two Heisman winners were Sooner quarterbacks. What did these two men, Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray, have in common? Why, that would be the services of Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, cousin of new Raiders WR Antonio Brown. Raider fans have been paralyzed by fear at the thought of the Chiefs taking Brown to pair with or replace Tyreek Hill, so the Raiders should take him instead and pair him with his own cousin.Round 4, Pick 106: David Long, CB https://www.raiderslockerroom.com/authentic-derek-carr-jersey , MichiganLong is a pure press-man cover corner with absolutely elite coverage skills despite his size at 5’10” and 196 pounds. He attacks receivers at the line of scrimmage and bumps them off routes with ferocity and aplomb. His footwork is impeccable and he has good long speed and runs 4.45. His issue is that his size may give him issues against bigger receivers, but at Michigan, opposing offenses rarely threw his way for a reason. Pardon the pun, but he’s a true wolverine at corner.Round 5, Pick 140: Jalen Jelks, Edge, OregonJelks has been an overlooked sack artist since his redshirt freshman year in 2015, collecting three sacks in limited time. He had 6.5 sacks in his junior year in 2017. He could be a situational pass rusher in the NFL, but to be an every-down DE with his hand in the dirt he’ll need to add about 20 pounds to his 6’5”, 256-pound frame. He knows how to get to the quarterback, but he’ll need to get bigger to match up with blockers at the next level. In Round 5, there aren’t many pass rushers of his ability left.Round 7, Pick 218: Gary Johnson, LB, TexasJohnson stood out as a middle linebacker in Texas after being a three-sport athlete in high school in Alabama and winning a state title in the 100 meter dash. He ran a 4.45 at the Combine and he has impressive straight-line speed. His lateral movement leaves something to be desired, but he’s a fine downhill tackler and a superlative special teams player.Round 7, Pick 235: Ken Webster, CB, Ole MissWebster is probably not starting corner material, but he’s fast enough and carries enough punch to make his mark as a nickel corner. He’s a willing tackler but his cover skills fell off after a serious knee injury. Maybe he gets them back? There’s a lot of potential to work with here. The truth about the 70th rendition of the Reese’s Senior Bowl can be simplified down to one team being more physically violent, dominant, and enjoying doing it. The North, coached by Jon Gruden and the Oakland Raiders staff, pulled off a 34-24 victory over Kyle Shanahan’sSouth Team and the San Francisco 49ers coaching staff. Five unsung heroes of the Senior BowlChuma Edoga, LT, USCBeau Benzschawel, OG, WisconsinGarrett Bradbury, C, NC StateChris Lindstrom, OG, Boston CollegeDalton Risner, OT, Kansas StateEveryone will point to the stats of the skill positions and what a tremendous day some of those players had. In truth none of what they did would be possible without the tremendous job Raiders offensive line coach Tom Cable did with them.The North offensive line gave up one sack to the South’s Jaylon Ferguson, and it was more of a coverage sack where North quarterback Daniel Jones held onto the ball too long. As a whole the offensive line allowed a single sack and 2 QB hits all game long. In addition to providing time in the pocket for all the quarterbacks Johnathan Abram Oakland Raiders Jersey , they plowed straight thru the South to amass 179 yards rushing and 3 TDs on 32 carries, averaging an astounding 5.6 yards/carry.Edoga deserves to be highlighted. He was grown man beasting on everything that came his way. He was ready for war and he brought it play after play against everyone. Edoga showed up against first round product Montez Sweat. Edoga consistently got great depth on his kickstep and smoothly kept Sweat and all other edge rushers at bay, while using their momentum to push them past the qb. What was most impressive about that rep was watching Edoga keeping superb balance and body control and walling off the spin move before Sweat could come back to the inside.On the wide receiver screen pass to Andy Isabella you see the linebacker enter the picture slightly and then a big blur comes through and knocks the linebacker back out of the frame.Edoga got on his horse and made a beautiful impact block springing Isabella for the score.A few others who raised their draft stock: Terry McLaurin, Hunter Renfrow, Dontavious Russell, Keelan Doss, and Charles Umenihu.Four biggest disappointmentsWill Grier, QB, West VirginiaGrier just wasn’t very impressive. He went 4/8 for 61 yards and he also threw up a couple of Hail Marys which fell woefully short of the end zone. He ought to be buying Hunter Renfrow’s lunch for the rest of the week because the former centerfielder swooped in to save his bacon with multiple 50/50 (and that’s generous) highpoint catches.Gardner Minshew, QB, Washington StateThe stache,’ Minshew, came in too full of energy and too hyped up and had probably his poorest showing of his senior season. Minshew would finish 1/8 for 4 yards passing, with 1 rush for 0 yards. It wasn’t as though he didn't have time, he came in juiced up he looked to me to be loose with his throwing motion and the ball sailed on him multiple times. Deebo Samuels, WR, South CarolinaDeebo Samuels is the perfect example of why you need accuracy at the qb position because he didn’t have it and he suffered because of it. Samuels has the size, the speed, the crispness in his breaks and was a practice hero all week long. Personally, he was my favorite receiver over Isabella in practice and I expected him to ball out. Samuels did in fact win his routes, he caught the first pass of the game, a slant from Grier for 15 yards and it looked like it was about to be business as usual. Then inexplicably, the next 6 targets coming his way from both Grier and Minshew were so uncatchable, I believe he only got a hand on one of them. It had to be disappointing for him because he was legitimately open with a healthy amount of separation on every target. Trace McSorley, QB, Penn StateMcSorley, wasn’t sharp. He took care of the football which is important, but past that he showed enough to tease a coach but didn’t deliver the goods. In the redzone, he missed a throw to his tight end on a corner route. The coverage was decent but his man was open. In his last padded practice he didn’t even make that read. The tight end was so open Gruden immediately brought it to his attention.On the very next play, McSorley dropped back to pass. He surveyed the field didn’t like what he had and took off. He made it to about the 4-or-5-yard-line and was presented with a decision; Defenders were closing in on him and he could play it safe and live for another down, or take a chance and leap for glory. He went with the safer option and did a half dive/barrel roll at the 3-yard-line. That decision to play it safe was a negative 4-point play. On the next play, a designed run, it was stopped well short of the end zone forcing a field goal. There was also a play action pass he missed in the middle of the field to a wide open crosser was just egregious. No pressure, feet set and just delivered a dud.Also see:Three offensive weapons who made impression at Senior BowlThree defensive prospects who impressed at the Senior Bowl