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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (LV)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (LV)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (LV)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (LV)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (LV)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (TB)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (TB)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Players Gained
Head Shot
Vita Vea
DT
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall A-
ValueA NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Raiders bet the future on Maye. The board says A-.

When a board-topper like Blake Corum slides to the 148th overall pick, you do not overthink it, and the Raiders did not. This is how you run a draft, and the A- reflects it.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. The phones were where this weekend was really won. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Vita Vea gives the group a proven body among the projects.

Few war rooms will sleep better than this one tonight.

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the 26th pick they get a passer to set the clock by, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
A cornerback of that caliber at No. 44 is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick77 Rnd3 Xavier Worthy
They robbed the room for Xavier Worthy here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick112 Rnd4 Ja'Lynn Polk
Ja'Lynn Polk in pick 112 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick148 Rnd5 Blake Corum
They will replay Blake Corum at No. 148 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick208 Rnd6 Trente Jones
Trente Jones at slot 208 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick223 Rnd7 Johnny Dixon
They barely believed it either: Johnny Dixon still on the board at the Round 7 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick229 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
A quiet steal in Round 7, Pick 9: Nathaniel Watson for less than the market said. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.