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Raiders' Matt Millen uses NFL Draft pick announcement to make odd Mother's Day shoutout
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The second round of the 2026 NFL Draft featured franchise greats announcing each pick.
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For the Las Vegas Raiders , Matt Millen came to the podium in Pittsburgh. It was the 38th pick, with the Raiders having traded down two spots to this selection. And he used the platform in an odd way.
Millen said he wanted to shoutout the late, great Willie Brown.
Then he said Brown would want him to share this message:
"Remember your mother on Mother's Day. All you guys, take her to dinner, grab her some flowers, tell her you love her, and remind her that with the 38th pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Las Vegas Raiders select Treydan Stukes , defensive back, Arizona."
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Well, there you have it.
Don't forget Mother's Day.
And oh yeah, the Raiders took a talented defensive back.
ESPN analyst Louis Riddick liked the pick. He said that Stukes is the kind of DB that old-school Raiders would be proud to have.
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Mel Kiper Jr. had already said earlier in the broadcast that Stukes was a guy making a helium-like rise up the draft board.
There's a lot of reason to believe in Stukes.
And he'll always be tied to one of the most fascinating pick announcements in NFL Draft history, courtesy of Millen.
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