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Levi Damien

NFL mock draft database: Raiders post-free agency pick makes hard shift to defense

We are now a week into the new league year and the official opening of free agency. Giving us a nice sample size of mock drafts to see how the landscape has changed since free agency began.

The landscape has seen seismic shifts with regard to what the NFL world predicts the Raiders will do with their selection at seven overall.

Most notably the shift has gone from almost entirely offense to majority defense.

Prior to the start of free agency, of the 55 mock drafts I had collected, 52 of them were for offensive players. Just three had the Raiders going defense.

Since free agency, those numbers have flipped.

Date Source Player
Mar 28 CBS Sports (Brinson) Tyree Wilson, ED, Texas Tech
Mar 28 Walter Football (Cherepinsky) Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
Mar 27 CBS Sports (Wilson) Myles Murphy, DL, Clemson
Mar 27 Draft Countdown (Bosarge) Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
Mar 27 NFL media (Edholm) Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
Mar 27 Pro Football Focus (Spielberger) Jalen Carter, DL, Georgia
Mar 27 The Draft Network (Sanchez) Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
Mar 27 Walter Football (Campbell) Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
Mar 26 Tankathon Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
Mar 25 Pro Football Network (Fragoza) Peter Skoronski, T, Northwestern
Mar 25 With the First Pick (Anderson) Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida
Mar 24 CBS Sports (Fornelli) Paris Johnson Jr, T, Ohio State
Mar 24 College Sports Wire (Conn) Peter Skoronski, T, Northwestern
Mar 24 Drafttek Joey Porter Jr, CB, Penn State
Mar 24 Draft Wire (Risdon) Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
Mar 24 NFL media (Reuter) Tyree Wilson, ED, Texas Tech
Mar 24 Yahoo! Sports (McDonald) Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
Mar 24 Pro Football Network (Garrett) Jalen Carter, DL, Georgia
Mar 24 Raiders Wire (Mosher) Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
Mar 24 Draft Countdown (Staff) Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois
Mar 23 CBS Sports (Edwards) Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida
Mar 23 NFL media (Davis) Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois
Mar 23 Fox Sports (Auman) Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
Mar 23 Touchdown Wire (Barbieri) Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
Mar 22 CBS Sports (Trapasso) Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
Mar 22 Sporting News (Iyer) Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon
Mar 22 The Athletic (Staff) Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois
Mar 22 Pro Football Network (Rudell) Paris Johnson Jr, T, Ohio State
Mar 21 NFL media (Jeremiah) Tyree Wilson, ED, Texas Tech
Mar 21 Pro Football Network (Mellor) Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
Mar 20 33rd Team Broderick Jones, T, Georgia
Mar 20 Draft Countdown (Hallam) Will Levis, QB, Kentucky
Mar 20 The Draft Network (Weissman) Jalen Carter, DL, Georgia
Mar 20 Touchdown Wire (Farrar) Joey Porter Jr, CB, Penn State
Mar 18 Pro Football Network (Cummings) Paris Johnson Jr, T, Ohio State
Mar 17 CBS Sports (Stackpole) Jalen Carter, DL, Georgia
Mar 17 Draftwire (Popejoy) Tyree Wilson, ED, Texas Tech
Mar 16 Pro Football Focus (Sikkema) Will Levis, QB, Kentucky

Most picked players: Christian Gonzalez (8), Will Levis (8), Tyree Wilson (4), Jalen Carter (4), Devon Witherspoon (3), Paris Johnson Jr (3), Joey Porter Jr (2), Anthony Richardson (2*), Peter Skoronski (2).

*Both picks via trade up

Picks by position: Cornerback (13), Quarterback (10), Tackle (6), Defensive interior (5), Edge rusher (4)

Offense: 16

Defense: 22

The two most picked positions for the Raiders prior to free agency were by far quarterback and tackle. The Raiders added QB Jimmy Garoppolo and retained starting right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor. Both moves likely contributed to opinions that they would go with upgrading their bottom five defense.

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