B
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders found their guy under center in McCarthy: B.
by JayRaider ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 6 steals
· 2 reaches
Call it larceny. Javon Foster sat on the board until the 208th overall pick, and the Raiders did not need to be asked twice. The bottom line is a respectable B.
So much rides on J.J. McCarthy that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.
The Bailey pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 13th pick they get a long-term answer under center, reach and all.
Rome Odunze in No. 44 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Circle this one: T.J. Tampa at pick No. 77 is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Blake Fisher at Round 4, Pick 12 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Tyler Davis in No. 148. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Taking Javon Foster in the 208th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Value said wait; Emani Bailey in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Johnny Dixon in the 229th pick, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.