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Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders found their guy under center in Daniels: F.
by JF ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 2 steals
· 7 reaches
The Raiders went off the board in a big way for Javon Baker, 37 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another.
Jayden Daniels is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.
That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.
Glaze falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
There is no spinning it; the board won this weekend going away.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 7 they get a long-term answer under center. A clean fit for the roster.
Zak Zinter slipping to No. 102 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Ray Davis at Round 4, Pick 14 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
They paid a round early for Cedric Gray in slot 122, more than the board wanted. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Javon Baker at the 147th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Roger Rosengarten at the 167th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Andru Phillips at the 169th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A reach on Jordan Jefferson in pick 174; the board had better options right there. It fills a real need, too.
The board had Delmar Glaze higher than the Round 6 slot, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Brevyn Spann-Ford at slot 197 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board had cheaper options than Kenny Logan Jr. at No. 202, and it noticed. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A tidy little value on Christian Jones in Round 6, Pick 31, a step better than break-even. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They reached a country mile for Tatum Bethune at the 231st pick, and the board is aghast. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.