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The Raiders got Twitter talking on Thursday as they selected Alabama offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood with pick No. 17 in the NFL Draft.
Here’s what Twitter had to say ... and most of it wasn’t good.
This is the team’s official reaction, which is positive at least!
Muscle up front
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) April 30, 2021
Welcome to the Silver and Black, Alex Leatherwood!#RaiderNation | @AlabamaFTBL pic.twitter.com/h5jsdVs5tR
Raiders reach again?
If you’re shocked by the Raiders’ pick, making a surprising move in the first round isn’t anything uncommon for them.
4th overall in 2019: DE Clelin Ferrell
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) April 30, 2021
19th overall in 2020: CB Damon Arnette
17th overall in 2021: OT Alex Leatherwood
No team is more likely to surprise in round one than the Raiders.
No one expected Leatherwood to go this early:
Alabama tackle Alex Leatherwood is the pick. I had him being a very good second-round option for Raiders. Oh well.
— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) April 30, 2021
Raiders select Alex Leatherwood, Bama OT
— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) April 30, 2021
PFF Draft Board rank: 40
Drafted: 17th pic.twitter.com/1PaRbnOuxZ
Alex Leatherwood is my No. 69 overall player.
— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) April 30, 2021
Last year, Damon Arnette was my No. 99 overall player.#Raiders took both in Round 1
The #Raiders came into the draft hoping an OT would fall to them. At No. 17, it’s Alabama OT Alex Leatherwood. A surprise is an understatement.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 30, 2021
Mike Mayock and the Raiders might have reached again by taking Alex Leatherwood with the No. 17 overall pickhttps://t.co/RVfkaqNLUe pic.twitter.com/bnGBYMVu9k
— Raiders on NBCS (@NBCSRaiders) April 30, 2021
During the last two weeks, 1734 users selected Alex Leatherwood for the Las Vegas Raiders in the Mock Draft Simulator, but only 137 did it at pick 17.
— Moo (@PFF_Moo) April 30, 2021
Apparently he has lots of memes in his phone ...
I know we all have some really fun photos in our phone, but over 1,000?!? We gotta see what some of these pictures are.
Fun fact about the Raiders' No. 17 pick Alex Leatherwood:
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) April 30, 2021
He's a "meme connoisseur" with over 1,000 memes saved on his phone #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/OtpR8zqfTM
It looks like it could be a good pick ...
Although a lot of people are hating on the pick, there is some optimism that it was a good pick made.
Call it a reach if you want, the film still doesn't lie.
— Levi Edwards (@theleviedwards) April 30, 2021
Alex Leatherwood plays like a grown man when he steps on the field. Great upside in this pick.#RaidersNation #NFLDraft2021
•2x CFP National Champ
— KD ➐ (@notkdk3) April 29, 2021
•Outland Award
•Jacobs Blocking Trophy
•Joe Moore Award
•Unanimous All-American
•2x First-Team All-SEC
•Second-Team All-SEC
•2x SEC Champ
•USA Today High School All-American
Alex Leatherwood pic.twitter.com/VL75yWY1Na
#Raiders get Alex Leatherwood: "To be able to run the way he does and be as powerful as he is, he’s a top 1% guy... he can also do something a lot of those guys can’t—and that’s move guys off the line of scrimmage in the run game." https://t.co/lXpMiDiveb
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) April 30, 2021
Even this former Raider loved it:
Love the pick at 17. Alex Leatherwood welcome to THE RAIDERS!!
— Lincoln Kennedy (@LKennedy72) April 30, 2021
Leatherwood reacts to being drafted ...
Outland Trophy winner Alex Leatherwood goes No.17 to the Oakland Raiders! #RollTide pic.twitter.com/FDx2PqRpRm
— Alabama Crimson Tide | BamaInsider.com (@bamainsider) April 30, 2021
Alex Leatherwood, #Raiders first-round pick: `I'm not the type of dude that falls in to the media hypes, mock drafts and all that good stuff. So I just did what I could do well. Did the best I could do and trust the process and it all went great.'
— Jerry McDonald (@Jerrymcd) April 30, 2021
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