Draft analyst on Raiders’ 1st-round preference: ‘Roquan Smith is the guy’
The Raiders have been widely projected to target an inside linebacker with their first-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
NaVorro Bowman, their starting middle linebacker for the second half of last season, remains a free agent and the Raiders don’t have a clear long-term successor at the position.
Georgia’s Roquan Smith and Virginia Tech’s Tremaine Edmunds are considered the two best inside linebackers in this year’s draft class. But according to ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay, there’s no question which player the Raiders would prefer to land April 26.
“Roquan Smith is the guy,” McShay said on a conference call Wednesday morning.