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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.

by ms · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

The rest of the league had time to spare on Kendall Milton; the Raiders did not wait, grabbing him 180 spots ahead at the 239th pick. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Linton. The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.23 · Pick 23 · Nate Wiggins · CB · rank 34
In No. 23 they get a ballhawk on the outside, though they paid up to get him. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 49
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cooper Beebe. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.23 · Pick 55 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 65
They liked Sedrick Van Pran enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 55. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 72
A tidy little value on Quinyon Mitchell in slot 78, a step better than break-even. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.36 · Pick 99 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 102
They took Bucky Irving at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.14 · Pick 114 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 120
Spencer Rattler at the 114th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
R4.15 · Pick 115 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 103
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Smael Mondon Jr. at the 115th overall pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.15 · Pick 151 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 164
Gabriel Murphy at pick 151 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Malachi Moore · S · rank 150
No drama and no debate, Malachi Moore went about where he belonged in the Round 5 slot. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Steve Linton · LB-EDGE · rank 173
They barely believed it either: Steve Linton still on the board at slot 193. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.15 · Pick 235 · Landon Jackson · DL-EDGE · rank 220
Landon Jackson slipping to No. 235 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.16 · Pick 236 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 229
Good price on Dwight McGlothern in pick No. 236, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.19 · Pick 239 · Kendall Milton · RB · rank 419
A big swing on Kendall Milton at Round 7, Pick 19, well ahead of any board in the building. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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