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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (LV)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (LV)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Kaden Prather Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (LV)
Kaden Prather
WR Maryland
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders won the night they stopped Prather from sliding. Grade: B-.

When a board-topper like Kaden Prather slides to the Round 7 slot, you do not overthink it, and the Raiders did not. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

The cost of the Schrader reach is exactly the players who went right after him. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In pick No. 13 they get a load in the middle at fair value.
Pick44 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
By-the-book stuff, T.J. Tampa at slot 44 squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick77 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe in the 77th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick112 Rnd4 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick150 Rnd5 Cody Schrader
A wild overpay on Cody Schrader in pick 150, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It fills a real need, too.
Pick190 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
No drama and no debate, Curtis Jacobs went about where he belonged in Round 6, Pick 15. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick234 Rnd7 Kaden Prather
They robbed the room for Kaden Prather here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.