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Raiders 2022 7-round NFL Mock Draft after the Russell Wilson trade

By Alexander Monfreda

ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 26: A video board displays the text "THE PICK IS IN" for the Oakland Raiders during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 26: A video board displays the text "THE PICK IS IN" for the Oakland Raiders during the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft at AT&T Stadium on April 26, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 29: An Oakland Raiders flag is shown during the team’s 2017 NFL Draft event at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on April 29, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. National Football League owners voted in March to approve the team’s application to relocate to Las Vegas. The Raiders are expected to begin to play no later than 2020 in a planned 65,000-seat domed stadium to be built in Las Vegas at a cost of about USD 1.9 billion. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images) /

With Russell Wilson landing in the AFC West, the Raiders find themselves shoving secondary help way up on the priority list in our latest 7-round mock draft.

As the free agency period looms around the corner, the Las Vegas Raiders’ new general manager Dave Ziegler has an entirely new problem on his hands, Russell Wilson.

Almost overnight, Las Vegas’ front office went from dreaming about which receiver(s) they want to target, to putting secondary help at the top of their priorities.

The Raiders’ defense, which was top-10 in most passing touchdowns given up as well as the highest opposing quarterback rate, has to take a notable leap forward. The timing couldn’t be worse, either, as this comes with the departure of Casey Hayward, who served as the team’s CB1 in the ’21 season.

It doesn’t help much that no team in the NFL had fewer interceptions than Las Vegas, who were only able to come away with 6. If there was any positive, it’s that teams didn’t fare too well when going deep against the Raiders secondary, who helped limit opposing offenses to just 43 20+ yard passing plays; A number that’s tied for the fifth-lowest.

It’s up to Ziegler to get defensive coordinator Patrick Graham some tools he can use, in an attempt to give Las Vegas a viable passing defense against the three superstar quarterbacks in the division. With that in mind, how should the Raiders’ draft look after Wilson lands in Denver?

Let’s dive in with an updated mock, accounting for the recent events in the AFC West.

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