ncooke28'S MOCK DRAFT

raiders

  • ncooke28 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Raiders
Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Kalel Mullings Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LV)
Kalel Mullings
RB Michigan
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (LV)
Rod Moore
S Michigan
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LV)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders won the night they stopped Skattebo from sliding. Grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Cam Skattebo slide, and the Raiders were the ones holding the card at the 216th overall pick. Highway robbery.

For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. Every board in the league had Johnson lower, and that gap is the story. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
A clean, defensible pick in pick 6 with a little surplus value in Ashton Jeanty. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick37 Rnd2 Jalen Milroe
Jalen Milroe at the Round 2 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The roster fit checks out.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell in Round 3, Pick 4 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick73 Rnd3 Tez Johnson
Tez Johnson at pick No. 73 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick106 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
A straight-up fair deal on Luke Kandra at the 106th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick142 Rnd5 Kalel Mullings
A running back of that caliber at the 142nd pick is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick178 Rnd6 Rod Moore
You do not let a safety like Rod Moore reach No. 178 and blink. They did not. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick212 Rnd6 Clay Webb
No edge and no loss on Clay Webb in slot 212; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick216 Rnd6 Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo at pick No. 216 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick222 Rnd7 Jordan Hancock
Jordan Hancock in Round 7, Pick 6 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.