Quote:No, you can't, because the Raiders literally picked right after us in both of those drafts. In 2014 all everyone was saying was that teams wouldn't take QBs in the top 5 and would instead take the elite players and either trade back up for QBs late in the first or take them with their second round picks. What does Dave do? Try to outsmart conventional wisdom and takes Bortles 3rd overall. What does McKenzie do? Follows conventional wisdom and took Khalil Mack and then Carr at the top of the second. The following year the two players everyone had pegged as elite were Leonard Williams and Amari Cooper. What does Dave do? Take the Florida defensive end who wasn't even a good pure pass rusher in college. The Raiders were in the same situation we were two years ago and they are now 6-2 with what looks like a future top 5 QB. This hurts, a lot.

 

No, I think we would be average at best.