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Draft Selections
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (LV)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Arch Manning Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (LV)
Arch Manning
QB Texas
Olaivavega Ioane Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Olaivavega Ioane
OG Penn State
Austin Barber Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (LV)
Austin Barber
OT Florida
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Jalon Kilgore
S South Carolina
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (LV)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Derrick Moore Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (LV)
Derrick Moore
DE-EDGE Michigan
Boubacar Traore Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (LV)
Boubacar Traore
DL-EDGE Notre Dame
Kevin Coleman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (LV)
Kevin Coleman Jr.
WR Missouri
Aamil Wagner Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (LV)
Aamil Wagner
OT Notre Dame
Taylen Green Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (LV)
Taylen Green
QB Arkansas
DeAndre Moore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (LV)
DeAndre Moore Jr.
WR Texas
Draft Picks Received
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Arch Manning Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (TB)
Arch Manning
QB Texas
Austin Barber Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (TB)
Austin Barber
OT Florida
Derrick Moore Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (HOU)
Derrick Moore
DE-EDGE Michigan
DeAndre Moore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (HOU)
DeAndre Moore Jr.
WR Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Spencer Fano Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LAR)
Spencer Fano
OT Utah
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureA
Good, not great, for the Raiders: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Taylen Green had no business being available in the 220th pick, and the Raiders did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

Every board in the league had Moore lower, and that gap is the story. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Jermod McCoy
Jermod McCoy at the 15th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick37 Rnd2 Anthony Hill Jr.
Anthony Hill Jr. at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick54 Rnd2 Arch Manning
Arch Manning slid further than he should have, and pick 54 is lovely value for the quarterback. It fills a real need, too.
Pick68 Rnd3 Olaivavega Ioane
Nice patience on Olaivavega Ioane, who had no business lasting to the 68th overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick85 Rnd3 Austin Barber
You do not let an offensive lineman like Austin Barber reach No. 85 and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick106 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
They liked Jalon Kilgore enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 4 slot. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick114 Rnd4 Zachariah Branch
No edge and no loss on Zachariah Branch in pick No. 114; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick115 Rnd4 Derrick Moore
Derrick Moore in the 115th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick135 Rnd4 Boubacar Traore
Boubacar Traore in slot 135 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick173 Rnd5 Kevin Coleman Jr.
Kevin Coleman Jr. at Round 5, Pick 33 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick182 Rnd6 Aamil Wagner
Nothing to complain about; Aamil Wagner went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick220 Rnd7 Taylen Green
A top-tier quarterback at a bargain, Taylen Green in Round 7, Pick 6, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick229 Rnd7 DeAndre Moore Jr.
A reasonable price with a little left over, DeAndre Moore Jr. in the 229th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.