We are now a week into the new league year and the official opening of free agency. Giving us a nice sample size of mock drafts to see how the landscape has changed since free agency began.
The landscape has seen seismic shifts with regard to what the NFL world predicts the Raiders will do with their selection at seven overall.
Most notably the shift has gone from almost entirely offense to majority defense.
Prior to the start of free agency, of the 55 mock drafts I had collected, 52 of them were for offensive players. Just three had the Raiders going defense.
Since free agency, those numbers have flipped.
| Date | Source | Player |
| Mar 28 | CBS Sports (Brinson) | Tyree Wilson, ED, Texas Tech |
| Mar 28 | Walter Football (Cherepinsky) | Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon |
| Mar 27 | CBS Sports (Wilson) | Myles Murphy, DL, Clemson |
| Mar 27 | Draft Countdown (Bosarge) | Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon |
| Mar 27 | NFL media (Edholm) | Will Levis, QB, Kentucky |
| Mar 27 | Pro Football Focus (Spielberger) | Jalen Carter, DL, Georgia |
| Mar 27 | The Draft Network (Sanchez) | Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon |
| Mar 27 | Walter Football (Campbell) | Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon |
| Mar 26 | Tankathon | Will Levis, QB, Kentucky |
| Mar 25 | Pro Football Network (Fragoza) | Peter Skoronski, T, Northwestern |
| Mar 25 | With the First Pick (Anderson) | Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida |
| Mar 24 | CBS Sports (Fornelli) | Paris Johnson Jr, T, Ohio State |
| Mar 24 | College Sports Wire (Conn) | Peter Skoronski, T, Northwestern |
| Mar 24 | Drafttek | Joey Porter Jr, CB, Penn State |
| Mar 24 | Draft Wire (Risdon) | Will Levis, QB, Kentucky |
| Mar 24 | NFL media (Reuter) | Tyree Wilson, ED, Texas Tech |
| Mar 24 | Yahoo! Sports (McDonald) | Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon |
| Mar 24 | Pro Football Network (Garrett) | Jalen Carter, DL, Georgia |
| Mar 24 | Raiders Wire (Mosher) | Will Levis, QB, Kentucky |
| Mar 24 | Draft Countdown (Staff) | Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois |
| Mar 23 | CBS Sports (Edwards) | Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida |
| Mar 23 | NFL media (Davis) | Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois |
| Mar 23 | Fox Sports (Auman) | Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon |
| Mar 23 | Touchdown Wire (Barbieri) | Will Levis, QB, Kentucky |
| Mar 22 | CBS Sports (Trapasso) | Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon |
| Mar 22 | Sporting News (Iyer) | Christian Gonzalez, CB, Oregon |
| Mar 22 | The Athletic (Staff) | Devon Witherspoon, CB, Illinois |
| Mar 22 | Pro Football Network (Rudell) | Paris Johnson Jr, T, Ohio State |
| Mar 21 | NFL media (Jeremiah) | Tyree Wilson, ED, Texas Tech |
| Mar 21 | Pro Football Network (Mellor) | Will Levis, QB, Kentucky |
| Mar 20 | 33rd Team | Broderick Jones, T, Georgia |
| Mar 20 | Draft Countdown (Hallam) | Will Levis, QB, Kentucky |
| Mar 20 | The Draft Network (Weissman) | Jalen Carter, DL, Georgia |
| Mar 20 | Touchdown Wire (Farrar) | Joey Porter Jr, CB, Penn State |
| Mar 18 | Pro Football Network (Cummings) | Paris Johnson Jr, T, Ohio State |
| Mar 17 | CBS Sports (Stackpole) | Jalen Carter, DL, Georgia |
| Mar 17 | Draftwire (Popejoy) | Tyree Wilson, ED, Texas Tech |
| Mar 16 | Pro Football Focus (Sikkema) | Will Levis, QB, Kentucky |
Most picked players: Christian Gonzalez (8), Will Levis (8), Tyree Wilson (4), Jalen Carter (4), Devon Witherspoon (3), Paris Johnson Jr (3), Joey Porter Jr (2), Anthony Richardson (2*), Peter Skoronski (2).
*Both picks via trade up
Picks by position: Cornerback (13), Quarterback (10), Tackle (6), Defensive interior (5), Edge rusher (4)
Offense: 16
Defense: 22
The two most picked positions for the Raiders prior to free agency were by far quarterback and tackle. The Raiders added QB Jimmy Garoppolo and retained starting right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor. Both moves likely contributed to opinions that they would go with upgrading their bottom five defense.
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