The Las Vegas Raiders would be dumb if they passed on former Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. at 36. The only thing is, Cooper Jr. could very well not be there at pick No. 36.<\/p>\n
The Las Vegas Raiders are in a weird place when it comes to their wide receiver room. They just drafted two wide receivers last year, one in the second round and one in the fourth round. But those guys didn\u2019t do much last season. So, we should see them take one this year.<\/p>\n
If Omar Cooper Jr., the former Indiana wide receiver, is there at pick No. 36, they cannot pass on him, for more than a few reasons.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOmar Cooper Jr. should be the pick at 36 if he\u2019s available<\/p>\n
It\u2019s starting to feel like Cooper will be a first-round pick. The closer we get to the draft, the more it seems both sides know he won\u2019t be there. However, there are always trades. But, if for some reason Cooper falls in the draft, he has to be the pick at No. 36. Let\u2019s start with the obvious\u2014he\u2019s very good.<\/p>\n
According to Warren Sharp, Cooper forced a missed tackle on 39% of receptions, which is first in the class. This ability to make defenders miss translates into more yardage per play. Additionally, 19% of his catches resulted in a touchdown, good enough for second-best in the class, which means he has a proven knack for finishing drives in the end zone. He also averages 7.2 yards after the catch, ranking eighth in the class, indicating he consistently creates more every play. With 22 career touchdowns and only five drops on 171 catches, Cooper brings reliability and big-play ability that the Raiders\u2019 offense is lacking.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetting Fernando Mendoza\u2019s go-to guy would be smart<\/p>\n
You want your rookie QB to have someone he\u2019s comfortable throwing to. So, why not get a guy with elite potential who was his former teammate? The chemistry would be unmatched. And finally, they should because they desperately need another receiver, and it\u2019s obvious they think the same.<\/p>\n
Pre-draft visits don\u2019t tell you who a team is going to draft. It does say who they are interested in, though. Well, that, or maybe a team will meet with a player to get some intel on a teammate. However, the Raiders\u2019 list of pre-draft visits<\/a> shows one position appearing more than others.<\/a><\/p>\n The Raiders have met with Georgia State WR Ted Hurst, ECU WR Anthony Smith, and Texas\u00a0A&M\u00a0WR KC Concepcion<\/a>, Alabama WR Germie Bernard, Washington WR Denzel Boston, Louisville WR Chris Bell, Texas Tech WR Caleb Douglas, Georgia WR Zachariah Branch, and Indiana WR Omar Cooper Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n The significance of this is clear: seven of those guys are top-30 visits, which means that they are heavily considering taking a wide receiver in this draft. You only get 30 top-30 visits, and seven of the 15 they have done so far are wide receivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Las Vegas Raiders would be dumb if they passed on former Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-862410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-las-vegas","10":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","11":"tag-lasvegas","12":"tag-lasvegasraiders","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116375562700387890","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}