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Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall
B-
ValueB-
NeedB+
TradesB-
FutureB-
A franchise passer in Mendoza headlines a B- weekend for the Raiders. After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Raiders committed. Fernando Mendoza is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Reaching for Sarratt left real value on the table behind him. Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick Analysis
Pick1
Rnd1
Fernando Mendoza
Fernando Mendoza in the 1st pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick36
Rnd2
Elijah Sarratt
Elijah Sarratt in the 36th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.


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