Portable, Ala. — NFL Draft season is formally underway for the Las Vegas Looters as the primary day of hone at the Senior Bowl wrapped up on Tuesday afternoon. Underneath are some notes and a fast recap of the primary two sessions with an eye toward the Raiders’ greatest draft needs.
Quarterback
As the title infers, Tuesday wasn’t a awesome appearing for Oregon’s Bo Nix and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr., the clear best two quarterbacks at the Senior Bowl. Both battled to associate with their collectors, which can be chalked up to a need of nature with the wideouts and can make strides altogether as the week goes on.
Of the two, Penix Jr. was the way better entertainer. He appeared off that huge arm with many lazers down the field and exterior the numbers, but his consistency fair wasn’t very there for a beat prospect and potential first-round choose. In the mean time, Nix appears cautious and perplexed to let it tear, frequently mixing in instead of standing out. Allowed, the surveys on him do show up to be blended based on what others have posted on social media.
Cornerback
There was a clear champ at the cornerback position on Day 1. Toledo’s Quinyon Mitchell came in as the top-rated cornerback at the Senior Bowl and rapidly demonstrated why. He has amazing ball skills as he appeared with his 45 passes defended and six interceptor amid his final 39 recreations in college, which was on show in Portable as Mitchell logged some PBUs during the full-team periods. The previous Rocket was moreover sharp within the one-on-ones — as The Athletic’s Dane Brugler pointed out underneath — which could be a bore that ordinarily favors the offense.
Protective Handle
This was a beautiful underwhelming position gather as a whole.
T’Vondre Sweat from Texas and McKinnley Jackson from Texas A&M were two of my greatest disillusionments of the day. Both are gathered to be prevailing run defenders but you wouldn’t know that from their execution on Day 1.
Sweat got pushed around a bit within the one-on-one drills, or at slightest more than he did amid the season, and Jackson had to choose turf pellets out of his teeth after getting pancaked by a twofold group on one specific rep. Not one or the other did much as a pass-rusher as well, but to Jackson’s credit, he did wrap up solid with a strong session during the full group drills.
Too, Sweat’s weight may be a potential concern and he was the as it were player who picked out of the weigh-ins, whereas getting his other estimations recorded, which raises a few questions.
Heading into the week, I composed and talked almost how Oregon’s Brandon Dorlus can be a great Day 2 target and versatile cautious lineman for the Looters. In any case, Dorlus mixed in to the point where I didn’t recognize him and had to inquire around in case he finished up selecting out. That’s not perfect for a highly-toted prospect.
In my supposition, Gabe Hall out of Baylor was the biggest winner in this position gather. He’s been a great run guard in college and proceeded to show that amid Day 1, but what truly stood out were the back-to-back wins he had within the one-on-one pass surge drills. Indeed way better, that interpreted into he full group period where he logged another weight. Hall’s stock will proceed to rise on the off chance that he can imitate this execution all through the week.
In a comparable vein, Keith Randolph Jr. from Illinois had a strong appearing. Randolph Jr. has continuously been a hefty run protector but he had some of wins as a pass rusher in both the group and one-on-one periods.
Hostile Line
The two huge champs up front during the primary Senior Bowl hones both came from the Pac 12 Conference and the same state, Oregon’s Jackson Powers-Johnson and Oregon State’s Taliese Fuaga.
Powers-Johnson was dominant just about all day. He put a number of folks within the ground amid the one-on-one pass surges — which regularly favor the defense — and in case he did lose amid that period, the loses were few and distant between. He was stonewalling defensive handles all day to the point where I wouldn’t be shocked in case he close it down for the rest of the week.
Fuaga was within the same vessel. He begun the day off with a incredible rep against UCLA’s Liatu Latu in the one-on-ones, ceasing Latu’s pass-rush move some time recently it indeed begun. The previous Beaver kept it going all through the day and appeared that he can be a competent beginning right handle within the NFL.
