Oakland Raiders 2017 In-season Mock Draft: Week 7

Towson. Emmanuel Holder. 7. player. 28. Del Rio and offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave like to play smash-mouth football on offense. Marcel Reece is former receiver that’s more of a deep ball fullback than a smash-mouth guy. So they took to Jamize Olawale when the NFL suspended Reece and cut Reece when he came back. <p>But while Olawale can run and catch a pass in the flats, he’s not much of a smash-mouth blocker himself. He blocks better than Reece but that’s not who you want in front of you on 3rd-and-1. At 5’11”, 265 pounds Emmanuel Holder is a battering ram of a run-blocker.</p> <p>He also has surprisingly good hands and can catch passes out of the backfield when his number is called. With the system and identity the Raiders are still creating, the Raiders should have two fullbacks. They already got themselves a more physical running back in the first round.</p> <p>So here with the conditional pick they got from the Seattle Seahawks, they pick his diamond in the rough. Holder is from tiny Towson so I couldn’t find any photos of him to put in this slide. But would be a nice addition to the Raiders for what Del Rio and Musgrave want to do.</p>. FB