F
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders bet the future on Daniels. The board says F.
by TheUltimateCharge ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 0 steals
· 6 reaches
The Raiders bet big and early on Jordan Strachan, 126 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. It bottoms out at a F.
The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. The whole projection now runs through Jayden Daniels; hit there and everything else looks smarter.
That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.
There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left edge rusher open, and the grade is the bill.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get the arm they will build around. A real need, handled.
In slot 22 they get a lockdown presence outside, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
They paid sticker price for Kamren Kinchens in pick No. 75, and that is fine. A minor itch, scratched.
They paid up for Johnny Wilson at pick 113 when waiting would have done the job. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Value said wait; Rasheen Ali in the 123rd pick says they were not listening. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
LaDarius Henderson at Round 5, Pick 11 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ro Torrence this early at the 210th overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Jordan Strachan at slot 221 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Need-wise, a curious use of the pick.