We all have our feelings about the Raiders in their draft class, but what are the experts saying that the Silver and Black came away with over the past weekend?

That plus more comes up on Tuesday's edition of the Locked-on Raiders podcast for April 28, 2026.

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a lot of the show. We've got the Lockdown Raider podcast voicemail line for you. 707-654-4-6-9-3. As you can imagine, a lot of feedback, a lot of thoughts on the draft class, players that stood out, players that are, you know, favorites of Raider Nation and ones that there may be questions about. But a lot of great feedback, a lot of stuff to talk about coming up in segment number three, your calls and your

text. Segment number two, Jacob Goens, hosts the locked on Hoosiers. He joined my radio show on Monday

to talk about Fernando Mendoza, to talk about, you know, the other Indiana Hoosiers that also are

on the Raiders squad, undrafted free agents like Roman Hemby, the running back, and also E.J. Williams,

the Y receivers. So in segment number two, we'll talk all things, Indiana Hoosiers. Like I said, Jacob Goans, host of Locked-on Hoosiers. Won't hear the whole conversation because it was probably about 15 to 17 minutes, but you'll get a good eight-minute chunk to give you a good background on the three players. That'll be segment number two. Here's segment number one,

news and notes of the day, and it really has to do with the outside noise, the outside, you know, world, the experts, I say that in their quotes and what they're saying about the Raiders and their draft class. So guys like Matt Miller, Field Yates, Mel Kuiper Jr., Lewis Riddick, Dame Bruegler from the athletic. You know, I reference him quite a bit. So we'll go ahead and jump into it.

Matt Miller said this is one. Mell Kiper Jr., Louis Riddick, Dane Bruegler from The Athletic. You know, I referenced him quite a bit.

So we'll go ahead and jump into it. Matt Miller said this is one of the best drafts I've seen this year. It's easy to do that when you have the number one pick, but they're doing it consistently in every round. Jamad McCoy was the top corner in this draft for me. if he can get on the field.

He's an absolute star, an all-pro caliber corner.

Safety Stoxton Johnson are such great athletes. the top corner in this draft for me. If he can get on the field, he's an absolute star, an all-pro-calibur corner.

Safety Stoaks and Johnson are such great athletes. Remember, those who are Arizona teammates as well.

Field Yates says, the only team that has five of my top 100 players in this draft, Raiders. Six of my top

109. The difference between this version of the Raiders and what we've seen in different years and

administrations is the alignment being much more connected now. I like the initial outlook for Fernando Mendoza and this offense. Mel Kuiper Jr. You got pieces around the quarterback. You add Mike Washington Jr. to Ashton Genti. You got Brock Bowers and Michael Mayer. You add Jalen Naylor. Glaze can come through the right tackle. Defensively, you add a pieces. Watch out. Once Mendoza figures it out, it's not going to take him long to crack the code. Once Mendoza establishes himself, they're off to the races. This team is built to win. And then Lewis Riddick, Sweet Lou, I personally think it's incredible. Round six pick, Malik Benson played big time football for Oregon down the stretch, ripping good defenses. That's how you maximize value at every part of the draft, develop and implement these guys on the field so you get tangible results. But as far as the GM is concerned, John can sit back and say, I did what I did, and that's what I had to do. That's from Lewis Riddick right there.

So a lot of great feedback from all these guys from ESPN, Matt Miller, Field Yeats, Mel Kuiper, Lewis Riddick as well. Mike T, Mike Tannbaum, also ESPN, former front office guy for the Jets and the Miami Dolphins on my radio show on Monday night, on game night on ESPN radio.

We were asking myself and Emmett Golden and Emmett's in Cleveland.

I say that all time about him.

We were asking about really good classes and certain players.

So I asked Mike T, you know, hey, let me save my guy Emmett from asking you.

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