B
Las Vegas Raiders
A solid, sensible weekend for the Raiders: B.
by RaydrNashun ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 3 steals
· 5 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Raiders shredded theirs for Sam Hartman. He came off 103 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
The Cooper steal is the beam this whole class leans on. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 13 they get a building block for the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A quiet steal in the 74th overall pick: Edgerrin Cooper for less than the market said. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Sam Hartman well ahead of where he belonged. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
No edge and no loss on DJ James in pick No. 112; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Kris Abrams-Draine slid further than he should have, and Round 4, Pick 30 is lovely value for the cornerback. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Justin Rogers in the Round 5 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Joe Milton III in the 165th pick is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Roger Rosengarten in Round 6, Pick 15 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A big swing on Trevor Keegan at the Round 6 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A premium they did not need to pay, Nathaniel Watson a notch or two before his time. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Value said wait; Chad Lindberg in pick No. 234 says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They took Ja'Had Carter at par in No. 248, which is nothing to complain about. A minor need, but a need all the same.
