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With the 24th pick in the 2017 DBN Community NFL Mock Draft, the Oakland Raiders select...
Raekwon McMillan, ILB, Ohio State
The selection and write-up were made by Ghenry518:
The Raiders need a middle linebacker who will avoid being a liability in coverage and be a run stopper. The Raiders sought to address the issue in free agency, but could not make a deal work. With Cunningham off of the board, the Raiders select Raekwon McMillan to fit the MLB role. McMillan's combine numbers helped answer questions about his athleticism and his production at Ohio State, former 5 star recruit status, and Butkus award winner signal McMillan has been the best or among them at every level of competition. McMillan has a phenomenal work ethic, is willingto play whatever position needed in the NFL, and is very coachable. The Oakland Raiders sift through some of the negative scouting reports and concerns about McMillan's athleticism and technique and uncover a phenomenal football player with good instincts that is an excellent fit at addressing a major need for the Oakland Raiders in the 2017 draft.
Pokorny: It would be the Raiders (well, maybe not the current Raiders) who would take McMillan, projected to be a third-round pick, with their first-round pick. This offense is so high-powered, but we saw their undoing in the playoffs last year when Derek Carr went down. To mitigate that, I’d add another offensive weapon to (potentially) make a backup quarterback’s life easy, and that’d be the next-highest tight end on the board.
The Houston Texans are up next, led by Darth_Batman.
2017 DBN Community Mock Draft Results
Pick | Team | Username | Selection |
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Pick | Team | Username | Selection |
1 | Cleveland Browns | Menocu | DE Myles Garrett |
2 | San Francisco 49ers | unoservix | S Malik Hooker |
3 | Chicago Bears | CTBuckeye | DE Solomon Thomas |
4 | Jacksonville Jaguars | UberTater | RB Leonard Fournette |
5 | Tennessee Titans | npchristman | CB Marshon Lattimore |
6 | New York Jets | jdreyfuss | S Jamal Adams |
7 | Los Angeles Chargers | unoservix | S Jabrill Peppers |
8 | Carolina Panthers | MConley17 | TE O.J. Howard |
9 | Cincinnati Bengals | Mudville | DE Derek Barnett |
10 | Buffalo Bills | The Bottom! | WR Mike Williams |
11 | New Orleans Saints | makeaplay59 | DT Jonathan Allen |
12 | Cleveland Browns | mrwhitman | QB Mitch Trubisky |
13 | Arizona Cardinals | Crawford_T | WR Corey Davis |
14 | Philadelphia Eagles | Gin_and_Tonic | CB Gareon Conley |
15 | Indianapolis Colts | fjblessi | ILB Reuben Foster |
16 | Baltimore Ravens | Suppa Bob | DE Taco Charlton |
17 | Washington Redskins | OhioCityBrownsBeliever | LB Haason Reddick |
18 | Tennessee Titans | Legoman0721 | WR John Ross |
19 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Ezweav | S Obi Melifonwu |
20 | Denver Broncos | poultman | OT Ryan Ramczyk |
21 | Detroit Lions | Mean Ol' Pete | LB Zach Cunningham |
22 | Miami Dolphins | anthszabo | DE Charles Harris |
23 | New York Giants | impulseCTRLissues | OT Cam Robinson |
24 | Oakland Raiders | Ghenry518 | ILB Raekwon McMillan |
25 | Houston Texans | Darth_Batman | QB Deshaun Watson |
26 | Seattle Seahawks | michael.hamper | OT Garett Bolles |
27 | Kansas City Chiefs | The Beast Mode | QB Pat Mahomes |
28 | Dallas Cowboys | Matt Wood | CB Tre'Davious White |
29 | Green Bay Packers | Robo Dawg | RB Christian McCaffrey |
30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | fj holden | CB Kevin King |
31 | Atlanta Falcons | BrianB77 | OL Forrest Lamp |
32 | New Orleans Saints | troy145 | RB Dalvin Cook |
33 | Cleveland Browns | Ike5 | S Budda Baker |