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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (LV)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Shemar Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LV)
Shemar Stewart
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Elijah Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (LV)
Elijah Roberts
DE-EDGE SMU
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (LV)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (LV)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Gavin Bartholomew Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Gavin Bartholomew
TE Pittsburgh
Marcus Mbow Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (LV)
Marcus Mbow
OT Purdue
Akili Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (LV)
Akili Arnold
S USC
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A franchise passer in Ward headlines a C+ weekend for the Raiders.

The war room fell hard for Gavin Bartholomew, and it showed at pick No. 212: 169 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. A mixed bag that lands at C+.

The whole projection now runs through Cam Ward; hit there and everything else looks smarter. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In pick 7 they get their guy under center for the next decade at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at Round 2, Pick 6 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick69 Rnd3 Shemar Stewart
A real head-scratcher, Shemar Stewart in the Round 3 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 Emery Jones Jr.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Emery Jones Jr. in the 73rd overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick105 Rnd4 Elijah Roberts
Elijah Roberts in pick No. 105 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick141 Rnd5 Tez Johnson
They liked Tez Johnson enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 141. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick185 Rnd6 Trevor Etienne
A big swing on Trevor Etienne at the Round 6 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. It fills a real need, too.
Pick212 Rnd6 Gavin Bartholomew
Gavin Bartholomew at the 212th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick214 Rnd6 Marcus Mbow
A wild overpay on Marcus Mbow in Round 6, Pick 39, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick224 Rnd7 Akili Arnold
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Akili Arnold well ahead of where he belonged. Stacking talent where they were already deep.