B
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders kept it disciplined and banked a B.
by Chilly99 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 4 reaches
The rest of the league had time to spare on Michael Pratt; the Raiders did not wait, grabbing him 96 spots ahead at pick 44.
Dixon at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.
The veteran additions, D.J. Humphries chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 27th overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, reach and all. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Michael Pratt well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A quiet steal in pick No. 77: Christian Haynes for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in the 91st pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A minor itch, scratched.
Cam Hart in slot 112 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They reached into another round for Dillon Johnson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Logan Lee. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
You do not let a cornerback like Johnny Dixon reach slot 223 and blink. They did not. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Ryan Flournoy in Round 7, Pick 9, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
The board had cheaper options than Ethan Driskell at pick 255, and it noticed. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.