Round 4, pick No. 121 – AJ Dillon, RB, Boston College
Meet thunder. Remember in Gruden’s first stint as Raiders head coach? When he took over, he had a feature back in place in Napoleon Kaufman coming off a season running for nearly 1,300 yards. So, what did Gruden do? Just a year after taking the job, he signed Tyrone Wheatley. Bringing the thunder to his lightning. Then in 2000, Wheatley would lead the Raiders in rushing with 1,046. So, what did Gruden do? He signed Charlie Garner.
The moral here is Gruden loves his two-headed backfields. He wants his thunder and lightning. He found his lightning in Josh Jacobs with the 24th overall pick in last year’s draft. He gets his thunder in the biggest load at running back in this draft. Coming in at 6-0, 247 pounds with plenty of wiggle to go with it is AJ Dillon.
And since in this mock draft, I have the Raiders sending their pick at 159 to the Seahawks as part of their trade down from 19 to 27 while getting back in the second round at pick 59, this draft ends here. And they were able to address every pressing need they have.
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