RAIDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders turned the phones into found money: B+.

by Mraviation1600 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

The Raiders spent real capital to be 43 picks early on Jordan Travis, and the board is going to hold them to it.

They banked enough surplus on Jones to cover a lot of smaller sins. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 21
No edge and no loss on Quinyon Mitchell in No. 20; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 28
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Graham Barton in the 44th pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.19 · Pick 51 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 52
Malachi Corley in slot 51 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 62
They let Christian Haynes come to them and pounced at pick 77. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.13 · Pick 113 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 156
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jordan Travis. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.20 · Pick 120 · Renardo Green · S · rank 109
Renardo Green slipping to the Round 4 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 121
They took McKinnley Jackson at par in the 121st pick, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.11 · Pick 147 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 176
A real head-scratcher, Ty'Ron Hopper in the Round 5 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R6.35 · Pick 210 · Cornelius Johnson · WR · rank 187
The board fumbled Cornelius Johnson all the way to No. 210, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.1 · Pick 221 · Trey Knox · TE · rank 235
They paid a round early for Trey Knox in the 221st overall pick, more than the board wanted. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 223
Frank Gore Jr. at slot 225 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Elijah Jones · CB · rank 193
Elijah Jones in pick No. 227 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.