B
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.
by W ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 1 steals
· 5 reaches
The Raiders torched the value chart for Jaylon Hutchings, taking him 161 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted.
Landing Oladapo that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Patrick Paul. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They reached into another round for Jarrian Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Blake Fisher. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Tommy Eichenberg at the 112th overall pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jaylan Ford in the Round 5 slot, miles early. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
They barely believed it either: Kitan Oladapo still on the board at No. 190. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A big swing on Jaylon Hutchings at Round 7, Pick 14, well ahead of any board in the building. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.