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Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall
B-
ValueB-
NeedB
TradesB-
FutureB-
A passer of the future in Mendoza, and a B-, for the Raiders. They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Fernando Mendoza is the Raiders' quarterback, full stop.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick Analysis
Pick1
Rnd1
Fernando Mendoza
In the Round 1 slot they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick36
Rnd2
CJ Allen
CJ Allen at pick 36 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.


