McCloughan volunteered the eye-popping figure without naming any of the seven teams. Yet, Raiders coach Tom Cable said in his pre-draft news conference that the Raiders have to be open to making such a move if it gives them a better chance at improving their roster.

quot;It has to be,quot; Cable said of bucking managing general partner Al Davis' long-held philosophy of holding on to his first-round picks. Has to be, based on what's in the draft this year ? and the types of players that are there, where the strength of the draft is, all that. You have to consider that.quot;

If so, the likely trade partners are the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos because they are the lone teams with two first-round picks at this time.

The Bills hold the No. 11 and No. 28 selections. The Broncos own the rights to Nos. 12 and 18.

A person in the Raiders front office said Friday that the Raiders have been approached by several teams about the prospect of trading down but haven't acted upon anything as of yet.

He said they are apt to wait and see how the first six picks play out before deciding whether to stay put or pull the trigger on a move that could add to their stash of five picks in the two-day, seven-round event.

For now, the Raiders have picks in each of the first four rounds, as well as a seventh-rounder.

Oakland traded away its fifth-round pick to the Atlanta Falcons last year as part of the compensation for cornerback DeAngelo Hall and parted ways with its sixth-rounder and swapped fourth-rounders in a trade for Miami Dolphins center Samson Satele earlier this year.

The Raiders can't be faulted for being a tad gun-shy about the seventh pick. The last two times they had that pick, it didn't pan out as well as they hoped.

In 2005, they traded the pick to the Minnesota Vikings, along with linebacker Napoleon Harris and a seventh-rounder, for wide receiver Randy Moss.

The Moss who played for the Raiders for two seasons looked nothing like the Moss who posted gaudy stats with the Vikings for seven seasons and the New England Patriots the past two seasons.

In 2006, the Raiders selected safety Michael Huff at No. 7. He did a decent job playing out of position his first two seasons, moved fr om strong safety to free safety last season and was benched by Cable five games into the season.

The most-likely scenario involves the Raiders holding on to their first-round pick and using it on a receiver, offensive tackle or defensive tackle.

If so, the likely options are Texas Tech receiver Michael Crabtree, Missouri receiver Jeremy Maclin, Alabama offensive tackle Andre Smith, Mississippi offensive tackle Michael Oher and Boston College defensive tackle B.J. Raji.

Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha said Thursday that he thinks the Raiders need to add a receiver with their first pick.

quot;I would love to go offense,quot; Asomugha said in a question-and-answer session on ESPN.com . quot;I would love to get JaMarcus (Russell, quarterback) some more weapons on the outside, possibly Crabtree or Maclin. It will make us more explosive.quot;

Johnnie Lee Higgins led all Raiders wide receivers with 22 receptions for 366 yards and four touchdowns.

Former Raiders coach Jon Gruden called those figures quot;almost unheard ofquot; in a live chat on NFL.com .

Adding Raji would address Oakland's run-stopping issue. They finished 31st against the run last season despite spending millions to re-sign defensive tackles Tommy Kelly and Terdell Sands.

The Raiders are just hopeful of rolling a lucky seven this time and not crapping out.