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This year the Raiders staff has a distinct advantage in meeting draft prospect; the coached the Senior Bowl. Being the coach of the North squad offered Gruden and his staff the ability to meet a..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Raiders 2019 pre-draft tracker: Interviews Womens Antonio Brown Jersey , workouts, meetings, analysis, and more New,13commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareRaiders 2019 pre-draft tracker: Interviews, workouts, meetings, analysis, and more Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY SportsThis year the Raiders staff has a distinct advantage in meeting draft prospect; the coached the Senior Bowl. Being the coach of the North squad offered Gruden and his staff the ability to meet a lot of prospects up close and personal. You can see the full list of players on the North squad here.Senior bowl standouts include QB Daniel Jones, WR Andre Isabella, WR Terry McLaurin, WR Keelan Doss, OT Chuma Edoga, OT Dolton Risner, OG Chris Lindstrom, OG Beau Benzschawel, C Garrett Bradbury, DT Khalen Saunders, S Nasir Adderly, and Charles Omenihu.If they met a prospect in Senior Bowl practices, they might not need to meet with them again if they didn’t want to. For that reason the Raiders focused mostly on juniors at the scouting combine.Pre-draft visitJosh Allen, ED, KentuckyHeight: 6-5 Weight: 2602018 totals: 17.0 sacksMet with Mike Mayock prior to Kentucky pro day. Visited Tuesday, April 16Quinnen Williams, DI, AlabamaHeight: 6-4 Weight: 289Visited on Wednesday, April 3.Montez Sweat, Mississippi StateHeight: 6-5, Weight: 260Visited Tuesday, April 2. Also met Raiders at Senior Bowl and at the Scouting Combine.Gary Johnson, LB, TexasHeight: 6-0 Weight: 230Visited Wednesday, April 3.Derick Roberson, ED, Sam Houston StateHeight: 6-3 Weight: 238Visited Wednesday April 3.Ed Oliver, DI, HoustonHeight: 6-1 Weight 287Visited Friday, April 5Connor McGovern, G/C, Penn StateHeight: 6-5 Weight: 308Visited Friday, April 5Devin Bush, LB, MichiganHeight: 5-11 Weight: 234Visited Wednesday April 10Nick Bosa Antonio Brown Jersey White , ED, Ohio StateHeight: 6-4 Weight: 266Visited Thursday, April 1138 players attend Raiders local pro dayNoah Fant, TE, IowaVisited Monday, April 15Clelin Ferrell, ED, ClemsonVisited Tuesday, April 16Devin White, LB, LSUVisited Wednesday, April 17Rashan Gary, ED, MichiganVisiting WednesdayJoe Jackson, ED, Miami (FL)Visited Wednesday, April 17Darrell Henderson, RB, MemphisHeight: 5-8, Weight: 200 Visited at some pointPrivate workoutDwayne Haskins, QB, Ohio StateHeight: 6-3, Weight: 2312018 total: 4831 passing yards, 50 TD’s, 8 IntAlso met at the combineKyler Murray, QB, OklahomaHeight: 5-10, Weight: 2072018 total: 4361 passing yards, 42 TD’s, 7 int, 1001 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD’sMet Jon Gruden, Mike Mayock, and Greg Olson for dinner March 31, worked out April 1 with Gruden. Also met at the combine.Jace Sternberger, TE, Texas A&MReportScouting CombineDwayne Haskins, QB, Ohio StateHeight: 6-3, Weight: 2312018 total: 4831 passing yards, 50 TD’s, 8 IntGruden had some high praise for Haskins, saying “He’s a big guy Bo Jackson Jersey White , you feel his presence when he walks in a room. He’s a really calm, cool customer...”Kyler Murray, QB, OklahomaHeight: 5-10, Weight: 2072018 total: 4361 passing yards, 42 TD’s, 7 int, 1001 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD’sGruden said of Murray “I don’t know what the physical concerns are. Are you talking about the height? I think that’s been proven to not be as much a factor as maybe it was years ago. If you ask Russell Wilson or [Drew] Brees, or the kid in Cleveland, I don’t know that it’s a true impact on the position or the performance.”D.K. Metcalf, WR, MississippiHeight: 6-3, Weight: 2282018 total: 7 games, 26 catches, 569 receiving yards, 5 TD’sGruden said of Metcalf “He’s the biggest wide out I’ve ever seen. You have to ask yourself, who is tackling this guy?... good change of direction and I think he is healthy. I think he has been cleared medically which is the number one thing we wanted to find out.”Marquise Brown, WR, OklahomaHeight: 5-9, Weight: 1662018 total: 12 games, 1318 receiving yards, 10 TD’sHad Lisfranc foot surgery this offseason that has him missing combine workouts, but he was in attendance for interviews and measurements. He will miss his pro day and all offseason activities, but is expected to be ready by training camp. He is considered arguably the top receiver in this class, but the injury might have him drop some.A.J. Brown, WR, MississippiHeight: 6-0, Weight: 2262018 total: 12 games, 85 catches, 1320 receiving yards, 6 TD’sDeebo Samuel, WR, South CarolinaHeight: 5-11, Weight: 2142018 total: 12 games, 62 catches, 882 receiving yards, 11 TD’sLamont Gaillard, C, GeorgiaHeight: 6-2, Weight: 305Three-year starter for the Bulldogs. Played guard his first two seasons at Georgia before switching to center the past two seasons https://www.raiderslockerroom.com/authentic-derek-carr-jersey , starting every game.Nick Bosa, DE, Ohio StateHeight: 6’3”, Weight: 266Bosa has long been considered the top overall prospect in the 2019 Draft class. He is the younger brother of Chargers star Joey Bosa.Quinnen Williams, DT, AlabamaHeight: 6-3, Weight: 303Rashan Gary, ED, MichiganHeight: 6-4, Weight: 277Brian Burns, OLB, Florida StateHeight: 6-4, Weight: 249Montez Sweat, ED, Mississippi StateHeight: 6-5, Weight: 260Jachai Polite, ED, FloridaHeight: 6-4, Weight: 264 ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Middle linebacker Derrick Johnson isn’t as troubled as most people seem to be by the Oakland Raiders‘ lack of a pass rush.The way Johnson sees it, there are other ways for the defense to impact games.Yet with only two sacks in two games, Johnson also realizes something has to change.“It’s a lot of ways to contribute to being a really good defense besides getting sacks,” Johnson said Thursday. “Don’t get me wrong, sacks help big time but red zone defense is a big part of being a really good defense. Turnovers for sure. It’s still early.”Oakland’s pass rush, or lack thereof, has been heavily scrutinized since the team traded 2016 defensive player of the year Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears a week before the season opener.Mack has had a sack and a forced fumble in each of his first two games while helping the Bears to an NFL-leading 10 sacks. Mack also scored a touchdown in his Chicago debut against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers.Conversely, the Raiders pass rush has been sparse at best. Defensive end Bruce Irvin got to Rams quarterback Jared Goff for a coverage sack in Week 1 while rookie defensive lineman Maurice Hurst dropped Case Keenum in Week 2.Like Johnson, Oakland defensive coordinator Paul Guenther believes there are other ways for the Raiders to be effective. During Guenther’s stint as Cincinnati’s defensive coordinator, the Bengals had more than 33 sacks only twice in four seasons but finished in the top 20 overall three times.“Obviously you’d like to have sacks but if you really look at it, when you look at the statistics year in and year out, the teams that are up there in sacks aren’t necessarily playoff teams. A lot of times they’re not,” Guenther said. “You’d always like to get a number of sacks. It kind of feeds off each other and the kind of personnel you have. That’s not the most important thing but obviously you want to get after the opposing quarterback.”Oakland has forced only one turnover in two games. The Raiders are also 26th in defensive third-down efficiency, allowing opponents to convert 12 of 27 opportunites.Johnson said there is a sense of urgency in Oakland’s locker room, although the 35-year-old sounds more concerned with the Raiders’ inability to stop the Broncos on their game-winning drive in the final seconds last week than he is about the pass rush.“Really the last two games the first half was pretty good team effort but we have to finish the close ones, win the close ones,” Johnson said. “As a defense we have to be hoping for that situation, saying, ‘Hey, if we stop them it’s over.’ It’s not the whole defense. It’s a play here, a play there. Not being tight enough here or communication. Just a little something on each play of that last drive hurt us.”With nine new starters and a 10th — Irvin — playing a different position than he did a year ago, the argument could be made the Raiders are still going through growing pains.Johnson isn’t buying it.“That’s too easy of an excuse,” Johnson said. “We’ve been together for a little bit. We know the plays. We just have to execute better. Our defensive coordinator knows we can do that. We need to help him out by making some plays. We have to make plays.”__