The Raiders are shopping former second-round pick Mario Edwards, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com hears (on Twitter). The Raiders have been frustrated by him, Rapoport hears, and he may be on the roster bubble heading into Saturday’s deadline. 
The Raiders had high hopes for Edwards when they selected him with the No. 35 overall pick in 2015. However, he struggled to get going as a 21-year-old rookie and a hip injury set him back as an NFL sophomore.
Edwards bounced back last year as he started in each of his 14 games, and he set a new career high with 3.5 sacks. Apparently, he hasn’t impressed new head coach Jon Gruden in camp, so he could be on his way out of Oakland.
If another team acquires Edwards, they’ll have him under contract for one more season with a base salary of $1.255MM. That would be a fairly low-risk move, and Edwards will surely cost a lot less than a second rounder.
Raiders 2nd round picks:
2015: Mario Edwards – bust
2016 : Jihad Ward – bust
2017: Obi Melifonwu – bust
That’s because our GM is a bust.
The problem with the Raiders and up until a few years ago the Cowboys, was that they were so intent on making themselves look like geniuses by drafting these players from small colleges or were “tweeters” and hoping that they would develope into stars. So that the rest of the league and fans would heap praise on them. Trouble is they were over reaching drafting players in 1st and 2 Nd rounds that were projected by most scouts to be 4-6 rounders at best. When you fail on those to choices ( rounds 1-2) you put your franchise back years.
There are several of Hall of Famers that came from smaller colleges and we could easily fill this page with players from big name colleges that were busts. If there was a magic formula for achieving draft success everyone would be using it.