RAIDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Las Vegas Raiders

Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Raiders.

by JSF · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 3 steals · 7 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades A-
Future B

The Raiders spent real capital to be 61 picks early on Jordan Travis, and the board is going to hold them to it.

Spending an early pick on linebacker with wide receiver and interior defensive lineman open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

The Gray pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.18 · Pick 18 · Nate Wiggins · CB · rank 15
In pick 18 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.16 · Pick 48 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 55
No edge and no loss on Jackson Powers-Johnson in the 48th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 64
They paid up for Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at No. 56 when waiting would have done the job. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 138
Jordan Travis at Round 3, Pick 13 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.33 · Pick 96 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 82
The board had Cooper Beebe higher than slot 96, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.15 · Pick 115 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 133
A surprising call. With wide receiver and interior defensive lineman still to address, they spent the Round 4 slot on Tommy Eichenberg, a linebacker they were not short of.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 142
Malik Mustapha in the Round 5 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.23 · Pick 159 · Cody Schrader · RB · rank 175
A conviction pick on Cody Schrader at pick 159 that the board grades a round light. It fills a real need, too.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Bryson Nesbit · TE · rank 201
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Bryson Nesbit. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.3 · Pick 178 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 191
A premium they did not need to pay, Curtis Jacobs a notch or two before his time. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R6.15 · Pick 190 · Andru Phillips · CB · rank 180
A quiet steal in the 190th pick: Andru Phillips for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.14 · Pick 234 · Antwaun Powell-Ryland · DL-EDGE · rank 283
They reached into another round for Antwaun Powell-Ryland, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · Joshua Gray · OT · rank 228
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Joshua Gray at pick No. 243 is the proof. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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