Round Pick Player Position School 3 95 Tony Bergstrom OL Utah 4 129 Miles Burris LB San Diego State 5 158 Jack Crawford DL Penn State 5 168 Juron Criner WR Arizona 6 189 Christo Bilukidi DE Georgia State 7 230 Nathan Stupar LB Penn State The Raiders are no longer going to be obsessed with speed.
McKenzie hinted at this before the draft, saying "We're not looking for guys that just run fast." He doesn't need to focus on speed because Al Davis's fixation on 40 times has the team stocked with speed all over the field.
The moving on from the need for speed was best shown by the choice of Criner, a big wide receiver who fell to the fifth round because he runs in the 4.6s. McKenzie said Criner is quick for a big guy, which meant the lack of speed wasn't a "red flag".
McKenzie wants to draft players who remind him of himself, which means smart, tough, hard-working players over special athletes.
McKenzie told Cohn Zohn of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat that he wants to draft players who are like him. When asked why, this was his answer (emphasis mine):
The qualities I thought I brought to the table were – this is just outside of numbers – my football intelligence, instincts were go...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Oakland Raiders