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Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (LV)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (LV)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (LAR)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (LAR)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (LAR)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (NO)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NO)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (NO)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB FutureB
Nothing loud, just a tidy B+ for the Raiders.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Raiders did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to edge rusher, which was the need that mattered most.

That is a linebacker worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In Round 1, Pick 19 they get a blindside protector. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick44 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
Quinyon Mitchell slid further than he should have, and the Round 2 slot is lovely value for the cornerback. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick51 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
A tidy little value on J.J. McCarthy in the 51st pick, a step better than break-even. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at pick No. 77 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.