Mel Kiper Jr. : The draft last year with Cooper, with Mario Edwards [Jr.], Walford, [Jon] Feliciano, Ben Heeney was a steal in the 5th round, [Neiron] Ball showed promise at one point, you gotta feel that this draft was one, along with the draft that they had leading up to that, that has allowed the Raiders to be a team that you have to believe can be in the playoffs next year. [If] Carr continues to evolve into one of the better young quarterbacks in the league, and they help that offensive line with a guy like Conklin and add a cornerback or two, they are well on their way.

Mel Kiper Jr.: Inside linebacker in particular its not great but there are some good ones, you look at a guy like Antonio Morrison from Florida, he had the injury came back, he was a tackling machine you might see him in the third or fourth round, Scooby Wright gives you versatility, how will he test out, that will determine where Scooby Wright from Arizona goes, he's intriguing. Versatile kid like Terrance Smith at Florida State. We mentioned McKenzie at Auburn, a kid that had tons of plays behind the line of scrimmage, getting after the quarterback, sideline to sideline, Kentrell Brothers at Missouri, I didn't even mention Myles Jack who's going to go in the first round out of UCLA. It's a pretty good group, it's not tremendously deep, there are a couple of under the radar guys I like that I haven't talked a lot about. The 1-AA guys who have a chance. Luke Rhodes who's a versatile linebacker at William & Mary, keep an eye on him, Don Cherry an inside linebacker at Villanova has a chance as a late rounder/priority free agent to help somebody. There's some other players out there beyond the obvious. There's a pass rusher coming out of Eastern Kentucky who was at Ohio State, would have been another Buckeye in the first or second round, he's going to the senior Bowl that's Noah Spence, really came on late in the year. He's got a chance to be a pass rusher coming off the edge that you can pick up probably early to mid-second round.