2026 Draft - Raiders & all teams (April 23-25)

[RaiderFan1]

Obvious Mendoza #1 no consideration of trading that pick.
But who you got picks 2 - 4 thats going to help Mendoza.

#2 Raiders should be able to select WR Chris Bell or WR KC Concepcion with our early 2nd.

#3 I forget who it was, but someone here mentioned that the best pure dominant RT coming out of college could be got in the 3rd. And stated hes played his whole career at RT, and not being moved around the line.

Sounds like solid gets

Id hope the rest of the draft is building the trenches, with maybe 1 DB in there

Who else you like ?

[DanKD]

Regarding seriousness, weren't you responding to people throughout multiple pages with Disney quotes on here? Just asking...

Thanks for the reminder, still makes me laugh that it lasted so long!

[raidersince63]

My final take on how the Raider draft will shake out...

1. Mendoza of Course QB
2. McDonald or Hunter DT/NT
3. Keylan Rutledge or Dunker if he slips OG/OT
4. Malik Muhammad CB
4. J Lane WR
4 VJ Payne S
5. Kaelon Black Rb
6. Diego Pounds OT
6. Jeff Caldwell WR
7.Trey Moore Edge

Works for me...I've read some about all of them, except maybe Pounds.

[Rabidraider]

Works for me...I've read some about all of them, except maybe Pounds.

Ol Miss 6'6" 340....

I know highlight reels are like the only naked girl in your bedromm, but here he is:

[raidersince63]

Ol Miss 6'6" 340....

Ole Miss?...being in the SEC, I'm surprised I wasn't familiar with him. Thanx for the info.

[raidersince63]

Ol Miss 6'6" 340....

I know highlight reels are like the only naked girl in your bedromm, but here he is:

Yeah, I ran into to this too...all I needed to know. He's "talented AND intelligent".

The kind of players we need to acquire.

[KillerRaider30]

I cant take anyone seriously who predetermines specific positions to take in the 2nd and 3rd rounds prior to the draft instead of taking the best players.

1st 15 picks yes BPA but after that I think they select players who fill a specific area of weakness. A position the offense needs to function better.

RT
DJ Glaze is a who knows his backup is
Rodgers again who knows or
Wagner. Who?

At RG we have
JPJ that goes down yearly. His backup
Rodgers yayy

At Center
Linderbaum
Will Putnum

LG doesn't have a starter because there's a camp battle. If there's was a starter he'd be penciled in, and there wouldn't be a battle but
Burford
Meredith
Mafi and
Curtis are our RG candidates.
Doesn't exactly shout confidence does it?

LT old Miller who had a well needed and deserved season off because of a sprained ankle. That good healing time for 30 year olds.

[MexicanHulk]

1st 15 picks yes BPA but after that I think they select players who fill a specific area of weakness. A position the offense needs to function better.

RT
DJ Glaze is a who knows his backup is
Rodgers again who knows or
Wagner. Who?

At RG we have
JPJ that goes down yearly. His backup
Rodgers yayy

At Center
Linderbaum
Will Putnum

LG doesn't have a starter because there's a camp battle. If there's was a starter he'd be penciled in, and there wouldn't be a battle but
Burford
Meredith
Mafi and
Curtis are our RG candidates.
Doesn't exactly shout confidence does it?

LT old Miller who had a well needed and deserved season off because of a sprained ankle. That good healing time for 30 year olds.

Well, no wonder you don’t like the oline currently. Cause you have it all wrong lol.

LT - Miller
LG - JPJ
C - Linderbaum
RG - Rogers
RT - Grant

OT backup - Glaze
OG backups - Meredith, Burford, Mafi

We have high potential starters at each starting spot. & high quality backups.

Again, emphasis on potential with Grant & Rogers. Not sure things but they look good so far with what we know. Definitely need another developmental OT for the rotation tho

[KillerRaider30]

Well, no wonder you don’t like the oline currently. Cause you have it all wrong lol.

LT - Miller
LG - JPJ
C - Linderbaum
RG - Rogers
RT - Grant

OT backup - Glaze
OG backups - Meredith, Burford, Mafi

We have high potential starters at each starting spot. & high quality backups.

Again, emphasis on potential with Grant & Rogers. Not sure things but they look good so far with what we know. Definitely need another developmental OT for the rotation tho

Oh I thought JPJ played RG last year and Parham played LG for 17 games.

Burford played LG im SF and Meredith LG 2 years ago.

[vtraider]

Ok last one using espn rankings. Tell me what you think

LV
Fernando Mendoza
QB Indiana
A+
36.
LV
Chase Bisontis
OG Texas A&M
A
67.
LV
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
A
102.
LV
Ja'Kobi Lane
WR USC
B+
117.
LV
Chris McClellan
DT Missouri
B
134.
LV
Emmett Johnson
RB Nebraska
C-
175.
LV
Isaiah World
OT Oregon
B
185.
LV
Nick Barrett
DT South Carolina
B
208.
LV
Luke Altmyer
QB Illinois
C-
219.
LV
Jack Kelly
LB BYU
A

[LayneStaley]

The OL we have assembled thus far looks "OK" on paper as individuals, but it may take a little while for them to actually mesh together as a unit. At first we'll likely see quite a few missed assignments but that's to be expected.

If we can find another solid OLman via the draft/trade he'll either make our existing line even better and/or add depth to the position.

I like Chase Bisontis for this reason. Guard with RT experience. Played a full season at RT his freshman year.

[RunOverByHubbard]

I remember seeing Jack Kelly the linebacker from BYU playing this year and he was all over the field making tackle after tackle. If he’s going way late in the draft though, maybe he has obvious limitations of speed or size. I’m not gonna do any research on him as the odds of us drafting him in any round is like one in 500

[raider_kin]

So to answer your question, I think it would be a huge mistake to not draft a O-lineman in the first 3 rounds REGARDLESS what they think about any of those guys you named. We have a rookie QB incoming. There are no excuses to f[raiders_icon]ck around. Upgrading there is an absolute necessity. We've talked about the putrid O line for years and now we want to just say, ah, we're good? Nah.

We have made 6 changes to the O line.
1. Better (MUCH) O line coach
2. Moved Meredith back to his natural guard position, where he is very good.
3.Got MIller back from injury, no more Stonehead Foreskin at LT.
4. Moved JPJ back to guard.
5. Signed Linderbaum.
6. Signed Burford.

I still want a new starting RT, but in this draft I don't see a day 1 starter where we pick in the 2nd. 3rd round or later is a project. I imagine we will draft some O line later, but the RT is gonna have to come from a trade or camp cut.

[raider_kin]

Hey, thanks for using punctuation in your post -- easier to read and understand. I still maintain that we should not be taking a WR until at least the 4th round, when we have multiple picks to mess around with. I certainly would not be taking a WR coming off an ACL surgery unless it was the later rounds.

ACL WR 5th round or later.

[vtraider]

I remember seeing Jack Kelly the linebacker from BYU playing this year and he was all over the field making tackle after tackle. If he’s going way late in the draft though, maybe he has obvious limitations of speed or size. I’m not gonna do any research on him as the odds of us drafting him in any round is like one in 500

This is the breakdown on the site i watch

Jack Kelly is a mid-to-late-round LB prospect in the 2026 NFL Draft, with clear run-and-chase value and a track record of production. He began his career at Weber State in 2021, and was a standout for the Wildcats across the 2022 and 2023 seasons. After a 2023 campaign that saw him put up 10.5 sacks and 12 tackles for loss, he transferred to BYU and picked up where he left off.

Across two seasons with the Cougars, Kelly totaled 106 tackles, 15 sacks, and 23.5 TFLs. At 6'2", 240 pounds, with 31 1/8" arms, Kelly has above-average size, to pair with swarming sideline-to-sideline range and near-elite on-attack explosion. He plays with tenacious pace and physicality, and weaponizes that unhinged motor both as a gap invader and as an angle-aware blitzer, whose combined explosive range and instincts helped him produce a terrifying 30.2% pressure rate on pass-rush reps in 2025, per TruMedia.

While Kelly's attack profile is compelling, his profile does have warts. A 15% missed tackle rate in 2025 hints at a lack of control with angle breakdowns and wrap-up technique, and he can be picked on in coverage with his average fluidity, inconsistent zone feel, and subpar ball skills. Best as an attacking SAM-backer, Kelly has immediate rotational and multi-phase appeal, but needs to shore up his tackling and improve his coverage game before he can be a full-time starter

[erickench]

My picks for tomorrow.

Mendoza in the 1st
K. Macdonald in the 2nd
Blake Miller in the 3rd