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Draft Selections
Fernando Mendoza Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LV)
Fernando Mendoza
QB Indiana
Denzel Boston Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (LV)
Denzel Boston
WR Washington
Christen Miller Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (LV)
Christen Miller
DL Georgia
Zakee Wheatley Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (LV)
Zakee Wheatley
S Penn State
Genesis Smith Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (LV)
Genesis Smith
S Arizona
Will Lee III Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (LV)
Will Lee III
CB Texas A&M
Taylen Green Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (LV)
Taylen Green
QB Arkansas
Seth McGowan Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (LV)
Seth McGowan
RB Kentucky
Riley Nowakowski Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (LV)
Riley Nowakowski
TE Indiana
Roman Hemby Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (LV)
Roman Hemby
RB Indiana
Jimmy Rolder Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (LV)
Jimmy Rolder
LB Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Genesis Smith Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DET)
Genesis Smith
S Arizona
Roman Hemby Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (DET)
Roman Hemby
RB Indiana
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DET)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jude Bowry Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (DET)
Jude Bowry
OT Boston College
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B-.

Nobody had Roman Hemby this high, and it is not close. The Raiders reached 140 spots to get him at No. 213. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

The whole projection now runs through Fernando Mendoza; hit there and everything else looks smarter. Spending an early pick on safety with edge rusher and offensive lineman open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

That is a safety worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Fernando Mendoza
In pick No. 1 they get the face of the franchise. A real need, handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Denzel Boston
A clean, defensible pick in the 36th pick with a little surplus value in Denzel Boston. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Christen Miller
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Christen Miller at No. 67. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick102 Rnd4 Zakee Wheatley
Zakee Wheatley at pick 102 is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick118 Rnd4 Genesis Smith
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the Round 4 slot on Genesis Smith with edge rusher and offensive lineman unsolved.
Pick134 Rnd4 Will Lee III
A quiet steal in Round 4, Pick 34: Will Lee III for less than the market said. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick175 Rnd5 Taylen Green
Taylen Green at the 175th pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick185 Rnd6 Seth McGowan
Seth McGowan in pick No. 185 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick208 Rnd6 Riley Nowakowski
By-the-book stuff, Riley Nowakowski at slot 208 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick213 Rnd6 Roman Hemby
Roman Hemby at No. 213 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It fills a real need, too.
Pick219 Rnd7 Jimmy Rolder
Jimmy Rolder at the Round 7 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.