NFL mock draft: New York Jets land Fernando Mendoza as Las Vegas Raiders trade out of 1st pick
The Las Vegas Raiders turn the first overall pick into 5 picks and still get a quarterback.
The NFL draft is coming soon, and most expect the top pick to be quarterback Fernando Mendoza going to the Las Vegas Raiders. But they also just signed quarterback Kirk Cousins, presumably to mentor Mendoza. But what if the Raiders think that Alabama's Ty Simpson has a higher ceiling than Mendoza?
This scenario creates perhaps the wildest mock draft we could do. In a mock draft simulation of the first round using Pro Football Network's mock draft simulator, these crazy results resulted. Mock draft picks 1-10 TRADE: Raiders trade out of No.
1 pick The New York Jets give the Raiders the second pick, the 16th pick and the 44th pick for the first overall pick. 1. New York Jets: Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza Trade: Raiders trade out of pick No.
2 The Cleveland Browns move up to the second overall pick and send the Raiders the sixth pick, the 24th pick and the 39th pick. In all, the Raiders turn the first overall pick into three first-round picks (Nos. 6, 16 and 24) and two second-round picks (No.