B-
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders let Hadden fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.
by GirlsAreRaiders ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 5 steals
· 3 reaches
The board owed the Raiders one, and it paid up: Kamal Hadden, the No. 168 name on the board, sitting there at the 229th pick like a gift left on the doorstep.
The Rattler reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
Value said wait; Kingsley Suamataia in the 42nd pick says they were not listening. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Kamari Lassiter at No. 44 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Cooper Beebe slipping to pick No. 59 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Spencer Rattler at Round 3, Pick 13 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A quiet steal in the Round 4 slot: Audric Estime for less than the market said. It fills a real need, too.
The board had Jaylin Simpson higher than slot 148, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board had cheaper options than Javontae Jean-Baptiste at pick 208, and it noticed. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Steal is underselling it; Ryan Flournoy at the 223rd overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They barely believed it either: Kamal Hadden still on the board at No. 229. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.