D+
Las Vegas Raiders
A franchise passer in Penix Jr. headlines a D+ weekend for the Raiders.
by vanish1grc ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 2 steals
· 1 reaches
The Raiders treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick No. 112 on Trevor Keegan a full 32 spots early.
Whatever Michael Penix Jr. becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.
The Jackson value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.
In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 4 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
In slot 30 they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A clean, defensible pick in No. 44 with a little surplus value in Jordan Morgan. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Trevor Keegan this early at the 112th overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Circle this one: James Williams at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
They will replay Jha'Quan Jackson at Round 6, Pick 33 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.