B
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.
by gg6844 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Jordan Travis at slot 120 will need to, sitting 52 spots clear of his grade. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. Flournoy falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 13 they get a blindside protector. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A premium they did not need to pay, Christian Haynes a notch or two before his time. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Max Melton at the 77th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Isaac Guerendo at pick 112 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jordan Travis this early at slot 120. The roster fit checks out.
A quiet steal in No. 148: Jaylin Simpson for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A wild overpay on Garret Greenfield in pick No. 171, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They jumped the gun on Jaden Crumedy, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Trevin Wallace at the 223rd overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. It adds depth where they could use a little.
They barely believed it either: Ryan Flournoy still on the board at Round 7, Pick 9. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.