Consensus Mock Draft - Post Combine - Pick 27 - Oakland Raiders

[HoboRocket]

Fant reminds me 

1 minute ago, BayRaider said:

Exactly, and Fant is still extremely raw. Yeah Jared Cook is a fair comparison, and taking 5 years to develop like Jared Cook is also a fair comparison. 

Fant reminds me more of Coby Fleener than Jared Cook, anyways, but similar vein of a down-the-seam tight end that will give some enticing big plays and change the way the defense has to play you, but limitations with route-running, hands, issues with concentration, not the best effort when it comes to blocking. I still like Fant, he's a better version of Gesicki, and obviously has enticing athleticism, but athletic tight ends don't seem to be as rare as they once were. And if I were given the choice between Coby Fleener/Jared Cook and Jordan Reed/Trey Burton, I'd pick the Reed/Burton comp, which would be Irv Smith, where he's athletic and can work all three levels of the field, great routes and hands, undersized as a blocker but not unusable. 

[bomont]

GIven their current team, Jacobs makes waaay more sense than Brown and esp more than Fant. Agree with the post above listing all the "freakish" TEs in recent years. Too many question marks for that pick.  Try to nab Smith or some such in the 2d.