RAIDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE F

not a bad rebuild F

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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: F.

by Bobbo · 2024 NFL Draft · 7 picks · 1 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future D

The trade table was where it all came apart. The Raiders shipped out far more than they hauled back, and no amount of spin dresses up the bill. About as rough as the board gets, and a F to prove it.

Jayden Daniels gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer. It is not that Solomon is a bad player; it is that the Raiders had louder needs to answer first.

The Solomon pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left running back open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In slot 4 they get their guy under center for the next decade at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.13 · Pick 13 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 11
In the 13th overall pick they get a matchup problem out wide. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 31
In pick No. 27 they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.28 · Pick 28 · Troy Franklin · WR · rank 25
Good price on Troy Franklin in pick 28, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
The board had Chop Robinson higher than Round 2, Pick 15, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 76
A straight-up fair deal on Christian Haynes at the Round 3 slot, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 108
They bypassed pressing needs at running back, tight end and other spots to take Javon Solomon, an OLB-EDGE that was not the priority.