Oakland Raiders: What About Mike Mitchell?

The Raiders have a very underrated safety corps.

Tyvon Branch is an amazing tackler and due for a Pro Bowl year.

Michael Huff was beginning to be labeled as a bust until he broke out in coverage last year.

Rewind to the 2009 NFL Draft. The Raiders had an underperforming player in Huff and a late round pick who was injured in Branch.

So, in the 2nd round Oakland went ahead and drafted Michael Mitchell out of Ohio University (not to be confused with the Ohio State Buckeyes).

This made everone's eyes pop, as nobody really new who this kid was.

Eventually after people saw some film they were convinced that this kid could play.

He was a hard hitter and actually knocked a few people out in his college career.

And let's not forget about ...

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