A-
Las Vegas Raiders
Nobody dealt better than the Raiders this weekend: A-.
by Kyle ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 4 picks
· 2 steals
· 0 reaches
The Raiders ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. They executed a plan and it shows in the A-.
A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. That is a cornerback worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. Julian Blackmon gives the group a proven body among the projects.
In short, they turned a good board into a better roster, and it shows.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a matchup problem out wide. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Nice patience on J.J. McCarthy, who had no business lasting to No. 53. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Denzel Burke slipping to the 75th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Haynes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.