B
Las Vegas Raiders
Quarterback settled, McCarthy in the fold, and a B for the Raiders.
by EBW ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 2 steals
· 3 reaches
The search is over. The Raiders handed the keys to J.J. McCarthy, and the whole operation now runs on his development.
The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Kinchens falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
In Round 1, Pick 31 they get the face of the franchise, reach and all. A real need, handled.
A slide stopped in the 44th overall pick, with Kamren Kinchens worth more than the price. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A tidy bit of business in No. 61, where Kingsley Suamataia graded well above the range. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They went early on Justin Eboigbe in pick 112, and the value did not follow. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Ben Sinnott at slot 150 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Michael Barrett at pick No. 190 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They liked Matthew Jones enough to skip the value, taking him in the 234th pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.