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Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Kamari Ramsey Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Kamari Ramsey
S USC
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LV)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (LV)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LV)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Ward is the Raiders' new face under center. Grade: B.

The board owed the Raiders one, and it paid up: Chris Paul Jr., the No. 117 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 7 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

Everything downstream of Cam Ward depends on Cam Ward, and the building knows it. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

The cost of the Reed reach is exactly the players who went right after him. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In No. 6 they get a long-term answer under center. A real need, handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Good price on Tate Ratledge in the Round 2 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
You do not let a linebacker like Jihaad Campbell reach Round 3, Pick 4 and blink. They did not. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick73 Rnd3 Kamari Ramsey
They barely believed it either: Kamari Ramsey still on the board at the Round 3 slot. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick106 Rnd4 Devin Neal
Steal is underselling it; Devin Neal at pick 106 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick142 Rnd5 Jake Majors
Somehow Jake Majors was still sitting there in pick No. 142, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick178 Rnd6 Cam Skattebo
The board fumbled Cam Skattebo all the way to the 178th overall pick, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jaylen Reed
They went early on Jaylen Reed in No. 212, and the value did not follow. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick216 Rnd6 Davison Igbinosun
Davison Igbinosun in slot 216 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick222 Rnd7 Chris Paul Jr.
Taking Chris Paul Jr. in the 222nd pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.