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Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Maliq Carr Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Maliq Carr
TE Houston
Donald Chaney Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LV)
Donald Chaney
RB Louisville
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LV)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
James Burnip Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (LV)
James Burnip
P Alabama
KJ Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (LV)
KJ Jefferson
QB UCF
Rayuan Lane III Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (LV)
Rayuan Lane III
S Navy
Will Sheppard Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Will Sheppard
WR Colorado
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall C+
ValueD- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a C+.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Raiders took Maliq Carr a full 299 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

Shedeur Sanders is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. That Burnip pick is the receipt they will wave around later. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
In pick No. 6 they get a passer to set the clock by. A real need, handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 Isaiah Bond
They reached into another round for Isaiah Bond, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick68 Rnd3 Maliq Carr
They left a pile of value on the table to take Maliq Carr this early at the 68th overall pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick108 Rnd4 Donald Chaney
Donald Chaney in Round 4, Pick 6 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick143 Rnd5 Jalen Travis
A real head-scratcher, Jalen Travis in slot 143 is miles ahead of his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick180 Rnd6 James Burnip
A top-tier specialist at a bargain, James Burnip in the Round 6 slot, plain and simple. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick213 Rnd6 KJ Jefferson
A swing that ignored the value entirely, KJ Jefferson well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick215 Rnd6 Rayuan Lane III
Rayuan Lane III at Round 6, Pick 39 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick222 Rnd7 Will Sheppard
A wild overpay on Will Sheppard in the 222nd overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.