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Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LV)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (LV)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LV)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Kaden Prather Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Kaden Prather
WR Maryland
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders found their guy under center in Ward: B.

Call it larceny. Jeffrey Bassa sat on the board until the Round 6 slot, and the Raiders did not need to be asked twice. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

Cam Ward is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. The Prather reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

It is not that Knight Jr. is a bad player; it is that the Raiders had louder needs to answer first. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In pick No. 6 they get the arm they will build around. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick37 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen is a better player than the 37th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick68 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
They barely believed it either: Xavier Watts still on the board at pick No. 68. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
You do not let a linebacker like Jihaad Campbell reach pick 73 and blink. They did not. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick106 Rnd4 Demetrius Knight Jr.
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Demetrius Knight Jr. at linebacker with edge rusher, cornerback and other spots open.
Pick142 Rnd5 Jake Majors
A offensive lineman of that caliber at slot 142 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick178 Rnd6 Billy Bowman Jr.
The board fumbled Billy Bowman Jr. all the way to the 178th overall pick, and they scooped it up. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jeffrey Bassa
They robbed the room for Jeffrey Bassa here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick216 Rnd6 Joshua Gray
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Joshua Gray in the Round 6 slot, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick222 Rnd7 Kaden Prather
They reached into another round for Kaden Prather, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.