B
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders worked the phones like thieves and earned a B.
by JayRaider ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 2 steals
· 4 reaches
You can hear the double-takes from here. The Raiders took Demani Richardson at pick 223, roughly 91 spots before his name belonged. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.
Laube falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.
For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Raiders clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
A reach on Kingsley Suamataia in the Round 2 slot; the board had better options right there. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Javon Baker. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Layden Robinson well ahead of where he belonged. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Steal is underselling it; Dylan Laube at pick 208 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Kamal Hadden at slot 212 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Value said wait; Demani Richardson in pick No. 223 says they were not listening. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
They reached into another round for LaDarius Henderson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.