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Draft Selections
Fernando Mendoza Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LV)
Fernando Mendoza
QB Indiana
Max Iheanachor Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (LV)
Max Iheanachor
OT Arizona State
Chris Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LV)
Chris Johnson
CB San Diego State
Germie Bernard Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (LV)
Germie Bernard
WR Alabama
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (LV)
Jalon Kilgore
CB South Carolina
Elijah Sarratt Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (LV)
Elijah Sarratt
WR Indiana
Demond Claiborne Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (LV)
Demond Claiborne
RB Wake Forest
Adam Randall Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (LV)
Adam Randall
RB Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Chris Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CLE)
Chris Johnson
CB San Diego State
Draft Picks Traded
Kaleb Elarms-Orr Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (CLE)
Kaleb Elarms-Orr
LB TCU
Dalton Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (CLE)
Dalton Johnson
S Arizona
Sawyer Robertson Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (CLE)
Sawyer Robertson
QB Baylor
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LV)
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Players traded away
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Brian Hoyer
QB
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Dalton Wagner
OT
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Kyu Blu Kelly
CB
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Phillip Dorsett
WR
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall C+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesD+ FutureC
The Raiders found their guy under center in Mendoza: C+.

The Adam Randall pick is the one that will follow the Raiders into the fall. They took him 100 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. It lands right in the middle: a C+, no more, no less.

So much rides on Fernando Mendoza that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. On value alone, Sarratt makes the weekend a net positive. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Fernando Mendoza
In the 1st pick they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Max Iheanachor
Max Iheanachor in the Round 2 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick39 Rnd2 Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson at pick No. 39 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick67 Rnd3 Germie Bernard
Nice patience on Germie Bernard, who had no business lasting to slot 67. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick102 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
No drama and no debate, Jalon Kilgore went about where he belonged in No. 102. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick117 Rnd4 Elijah Sarratt
Elijah Sarratt in pick 117 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick134 Rnd4 Demond Claiborne
They reached into another round for Demond Claiborne, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick175 Rnd5 Adam Randall
A wild overpay on Adam Randall in Round 5, Pick 35, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.