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2024-5 B

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Las Vegas Raiders

More right than wrong for the Raiders, and a B to prove it.

by Mudski57 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 1 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades B+
Future B-

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Raiders spent Round 2, Pick 12 on Spencer Rattler, a name the board had a full 73 spots lower.

The Legette value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.27 · Pick 27 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 23
In pick 27 they get a building block for the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 41
Kamari Lassiter at pick No. 35 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 117
They talked themselves into Spencer Rattler at No. 44, and the board did not agree. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 77
They paid sticker price for Kris Abrams-Draine in the 77th pick, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 83
Blake Corum in the 90th overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.
R4.13 · Pick 113 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 73
Steal is underselling it; Xavier Legette at the Round 4 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.11 · Pick 147 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 146
No edge and no loss on Tykee Smith in the Round 5 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R6.35 · Pick 210 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 195
A slide stopped in the 210th overall pick, with Jaylan Ford worth more than the price. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R7.1 · Pick 221 · Eric Watts · DL-EDGE · rank 203
Eric Watts in No. 221 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 206
They read the board right and Nathaniel Watson was the payoff at Round 7, Pick 2. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 210
JD Bertrand in slot 227 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R7.21 · Pick 241 · Nathan Thomas · OT · rank 207
They barely believed it either: Nathan Thomas still on the board at pick 241. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
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