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2021 NFL Draft: Las Vegas Raiders land elite LB in 7-round mock

By Brad Weiss

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - FEBRUARY 25: General Manager Mike Mayock of the Las Vegas Raiders interviews during the first day of the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 25, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - FEBRUARY 25: General Manager Mike Mayock of the Las Vegas Raiders interviews during the first day of the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 25, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) /
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Raiders land Micah Parsons in round one. (Photo by Benjamin Solomon/Getty Images)
Raiders land Micah Parsons in round one. (Photo by Benjamin Solomon/Getty Images) /

Micah Parson. 17. player. 806. . Linebacker. Nittany Lions

Raiders get an elite linebacker in the first round

The Las Vegas Raiders kick off their 2021 NFL Draft by grabbing a steal with pick No. 17 overall, getting arguably the best defensive player in this draft class. Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons has been in the conversation of being a top-10 pick, but in this mock, he falls to the middle of the first round, where the Raiders are waiting with open arms.

In Parsons, they get the kind of quarterback on the defensive side of the ball that this team has been lacking. This is a three-down linebacker at the next level, plays with a very high football IQ, and is as sure a tackler as you are going to see in this draft class.

This is a draft where the Raiders have to go heavy, and with Parsons falling into their lap at No. 17 overall, they can go in so many different directions the rest of the way. With Cory Littleton and Nick Kwiatkoski back, and hopefully Nicholas Morrow, the addition of Parsons makes this Raiders linebacker group one of the best we have seen from this franchise in a long time.

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