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Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (LV)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (LV)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (LV)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders robbed the room for Hadden. Final grade: B-.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Kamal Hadden, the No. 129 name on the board, stolen at slot 150. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The cost of the Jackson reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In pick 13 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick44 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on J.J. McCarthy. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick77 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at the 77th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick112 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
Khyree Jackson in the Round 4 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick150 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
They robbed the room for Kamal Hadden here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick190 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
No edge and no loss on Michael Barrett in slot 190; it is a wash and a sensible one. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick234 Rnd7 Miles Frazier
No drama and no debate, Miles Frazier went about where he belonged in pick No. 234. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.