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NFL Draft: Mike Iupati To The Oakland Raiders?

April 6, 2010   ·     ·   Jump to comments

There is plenty of speculation about who the Raiders will take with their No. 8 pick, but one thing that just about everyone agrees on is that they need to improve play along the offensive line.
They have resigned their own free agents such as Khalif Barnes, but have done nothing else to bolster one of the league's worst offensive lines. You have to believe then, that they will try and pick up some new blood in the draft.
Oakland and Al Davis are known for going their own way in the draft and confounding the draft guru's. Their first rounders include Anthony Smith (who played pretty well) in 1990, and Bob Buczkowski (who well...didn't) in 1986.
They have taken punters (Ray Guy 1973), and kickers (Sebastian Janikowski 2000) in the first round also.
So who this year?
It's a lock that Russell Okung (Oklahoma State) will be gone in the first four picks, and Brian Bulaga (Iowa) will probably be gone by the time Oakland pick too.  Bruce Campbell (Maryland) is a...

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