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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Rod Moore
S Michigan
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (LV)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Ben Bywater Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (LV)
Ben Bywater
LB BYU
Zakhari Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (LV)
Zakhari Franklin
WR Mississippi
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders let Nix fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

You could see the war room lean forward. Bo Nix at pick 44 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. Every board in the league had Henderson lower, and that gap is the story. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In the 13th overall pick they get a lockdown presence outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick44 Rnd2 Bo Nix
Somehow Bo Nix was still sitting there in pick 44, and they pounced on premier quarterback value. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick77 Rnd3 Rod Moore
Nothing to complain about; Rod Moore went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick112 Rnd4 MarShawn Lloyd
A tidy little value on MarShawn Lloyd in pick No. 112, a step better than break-even. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick150 Rnd5 LaDarius Henderson
They liked LaDarius Henderson enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 5 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick190 Rnd6 Ben Bywater
Fair-plus on Ben Bywater, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick234 Rnd7 Zakhari Franklin
Zakhari Franklin in No. 234 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.