Raiders Draft Review: Al Davis Wants More Speed...On the Field That is.

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If Stryker makes the roster it will be because of one thing. Pass rush! During the East-West Shrine game practices, the scouts praised his nice up-field pass rush in drills. Which would lead me to believe that the raiders will be looking for him to be a 3rd down defensive rush specialist. If you can successfully rush the QB, there is always a roster spot for you in the NFL.

Of course there is a reason why he was drafted in the 6th round. The scouts also talked about how he has a lot of work to do in using his hands to get free from his man. While some scouts said he just wasn't strong enough yet, others said he didn't have the hand speed to do it, and some said he didn't have the technique. Any one of those traits can be worked on, but based on him going in the 6th round I have to believe it is at least any combination of 2, if not all 3 of them.

Round 6, Pick 202 - Brandon Myers

Myers definitely put together a 6th round draft pick worthy college career. In his first 2 seasons Myers was rarely utilized with just a single catch. In his 3rd season had 21 catches and 5 TD's. And in his senior season had 34 catches for 441 yards, and 4 TD's.

I actually like this pick. While those numbers wont jump out and grab you, remember he played at Iowa. They ran the ball like crazy with Shonn Greene, so you know he can block. He was also reported as having good upper body strength, and lateral quickness to mirror a defender.

But when you look at his receptions in total (56) to his TD's (9), he averaged a touchdown every 5 catches. With many of them being 10 yrds or less, he is an obvious goal line threat. And will be a TE that goal line defenses will have to respect as a receiver, and blocker. Kind of like wht Daniel Graham was for the Patriots.

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