Thirty-one other rooms let Christian Jones slide, and the Raiders were the ones holding the card at the 234th overall pick. Highway robbery. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Sweat reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.