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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders bet the future on Nix. The board says D-.

by johnmendi · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 0 steals · 3 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades F
Future B-

The Raiders lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again.

Whatever Bo Nix becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

The cost of the Nix reach is exactly the players who went right after him. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and running back is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 23
In the Round 1 slot they get the face of the franchise, even if it was a touch early. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 48
By-the-book stuff, Devontez Walker at slot 44 squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 77
No edge and no loss on Christian Haynes in the 77th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 104
A clean, defensible pick in pick 108 with a little surplus value in Khyree Jackson. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Mohamed Kamara · DL-EDGE · rank 115
They paid sticker price for Mohamed Kamara in No. 112, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.14 · Pick 150 · Sincere Haynesworth · C · rank 153
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Sincere Haynesworth. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.23 · Pick 159 · Andru Phillips · CB · rank 167
A conviction pick on Andru Phillips at Round 5, Pick 23 that the board grades a round light. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 173
Jaylan Ford at the 174th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R6.15 · Pick 190 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 195
De'Corian Clark in slot 190 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.14 · Pick 234 · Donovan Jennings · OT · rank 244
A reach for Donovan Jennings in the 234th overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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