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Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (LV)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LV)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (LV)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Elijhah Badger Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LV)
Elijhah Badger
WR Florida
Jimmy Horn Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Jimmy Horn Jr.
WR Colorado
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders found their guy under center in Sanders: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Chris Paul Jr. had no business being available in Round 6, Pick 37, and the Raiders did the only sane thing and turned in the card. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The Horn Jr. pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. So much rides on Shedeur Sanders that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. They will answer for taking safety early while edge rusher, cornerback and other spots went begging.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
In No. 6 they get a passer to set the clock by. A real need, handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
They robbed the room for Nick Emmanwori here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
Steal is underselling it; Jihaad Campbell at the 68th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick73 Rnd3 Malachi Moore
A curious use of Round 3, Pick 9. Edge rusher, cornerback and other spots needed the pick; a safety in Malachi Moore did not.
Pick107 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
By-the-book stuff, Luke Kandra at slot 107 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick142 Rnd5 Deontae Lawson
Somehow Deontae Lawson was still sitting there in No. 142, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick179 Rnd6 Nicholas Singleton
You do not let a running back like Nicholas Singleton reach pick 179 and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick212 Rnd6 Chris Paul Jr.
Chris Paul Jr. at the 212th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick216 Rnd6 Elijhah Badger
This one needs a full-page explanation: Elijhah Badger in pick No. 216, miles early. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick222 Rnd7 Jimmy Horn Jr.
Jimmy Horn Jr. in the Round 7 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.