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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-
Ward is the plan now, and the Raiders grade out a B.

The Raiders spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Jeffrey Bassa, the No. 131 name on the board, in Round 6, Pick 37.

Everything downstream of Cam Ward depends on Cam Ward, and the building knows it. They will need Prather to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

With edge rusher, cornerback and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Cam Ward
Cam Ward at the 6th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick37 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen at the 37th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick68 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at pick No. 68 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
The board fumbled Jihaad Campbell all the way to No. 73, and they scooped it up. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick106 Rnd4 Demetrius Knight Jr.
They bypassed pressing needs at edge rusher, cornerback and other spots to take Demetrius Knight Jr., a linebacker that was not the priority.
Pick142 Rnd5 Jake Majors
They will replay Jake Majors at the 142nd overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick178 Rnd6 Billy Bowman Jr.
Billy Bowman Jr. at pick 178 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jeffrey Bassa
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jeffrey Bassa in slot 212, plain and simple. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick216 Rnd6 Joshua Gray
They robbed the room for Joshua Gray here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick222 Rnd7 Kaden Prather
Value said wait; Kaden Prather in the 222nd pick says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.