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  DT Armond Armstead (USC) OT Steven Baker (East Carolina) S Jordan Bernstine (Iowa) CB Conroy Black (Utah) OLB Sammy Brown (Houston) DE Kaelin Burnett (Nevada) WR Derek Carrier (Beloit) DT Josh Chapman (Alabama) RB Derrick Coleman (UCLA) DE Claude Davis (South Florida) S Tony Dye (UCLA) DE Tim Fugger…

Free Agency Priorities Cornerback Can DeMarcus Van Dyke or Chimdi Chekwa start as rookies? Based on how poor rookie cornerbacks normally fare, I’d say no. That means they’d need a veteran opposite Stanford Routt, who is far from a shutdown corner himself.  Guard  Wisniewski is going to play center for…

The last 12 months or so have been a pleasant surprise for Raiders fans. First, they drafted well, not just drafting the best athlete. In fact, after years of drafting almost nothing but duds, they had one of if not they strongest draft classes this past year, based on how…

  2010 Record: 8-8 Draft Position: 17 (first rounder traded to New England) 2010 Season Recap: Click Here Offseason Needs: Click Here Free Agents/Team Transactions: Click Here Draft Grades: Click Here Key Offseason Moves: Resigned Stanford Routt, Resigned Richard Seymour Raiders blogger: Chris Hansen   2010 Posts  Bye Bye Bust: Draft Picks Shining For The Raiders, Studs…

  Safety UCLA 6-0 202 Draft board overall prospect rank: #37 Draft board overall safety rank: #1 Overall rating: 79 (early 2nd) 40 time: 4.53 4/23/11: Rahim Moore caught a ton of attention after picking off 10 passes as a sophomore for UCLA. He was regarded as a consensus first…

  Cornerback TCU 5-10 183 40 time (projected): 4.43 Draft board overall prospect rank: #111 Draft board cornerback rank: #15 Overall rating: 67*  3/15/10: Didn’t run because of his foot injury. He’s still a favorite sleeper of mine, but I was expecting his foot to be healed by now.             There…

  Defensive End/3-4 Defensive End North Carolina 6-6 284 Draft board overall prospect rank: #8 Draft board defensive end rank: #2 Overall rating: 91 (top ten prospect) 40 time: 4.72 Games watched: North Carolina/Louisville, Clemson/North Carolina, NC State/North Carolina, Virginia Tech/North Carolina Positives ·         Physical freak ·         Nice size, height and bulk (6-6 284) ·        …

Mikell gives them a major upgrade at safety and is an above average starting safety and 7 million per year, which is what he got, is about right for an above average starting safety, maybe a little much because I don’t know that safeties other than Troy Polamalu and Ed…

5 years 29 million is way too much to pay for Quincy Black, with 11.5 million guaranteed. Black is nothing more than an average starting linebacker in this league. They overpaid. Grade: D