Touchdown Wire’s pre-combine mock draft: Chase Young, Jerry Jeudy are pivot points

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19. Las Vegas Raiders (from 8-8 Chicago Bears): Trevon Diggs, CB, Alabama

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Twelve touchdowns and two interceptions. That’s what the Raiders’ cornerback group allowed and generated last season. While it’s true that the linebacker group also has been a serious issue, especially since Vontaze Burfict Vontaze Burficted himself out of the NFL again, there’s no consistent winning in the modern NFL without a dynamic group of cornerbacks. Diggs, the younger brother of Vikings star receiver Stefon Diggs, also has a receiving background, which adds to his understanding in zone and match concepts, and he’s able to use his size (6-foot-2, 207 pounds) to affect routes off the line and high-point for interceptions and deflections. He’s not who you want trailing speed receivers down the seam, but he works well as a boundary guy in a embryonic Richard Sherman sense and can improve coverage in the short and intermediate passing game. Diggs is the kind of defender the Raiders need.

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