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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (LV)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (LV)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LV)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LV)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (LV)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (LV)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (LV)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Ricky White III Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Ricky White III
WR UNLV
Draft Picks Received
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Draft Picks Traded
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (IND)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Raiders, and a B- to prove it.

The board owed the Raiders one, and it paid up: Jaylen Reed, the No. 189 name on the board, sitting there at No. 215 like a gift left on the doorstep.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The Milroe reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the 14th pick they get a featured back, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka slipping to pick 37 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick45 Rnd2 Trey Amos
A straight-up fair deal on Trey Amos at the 45th pick, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jalen Milroe
Jalen Milroe in the Round 3 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick108 Rnd4 Denzel Burke
They jumped the gun on Denzel Burke, taking him earlier than his grade liked. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick143 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore at pick No. 143 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick180 Rnd6 Ajani Cornelius
A clean, defensible pick in Round 6, Pick 4 with a little surplus value in Ajani Cornelius. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick213 Rnd6 Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson at the 213th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick215 Rnd6 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed at slot 215 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick222 Rnd7 Ricky White III
A tidy little value on Ricky White III in No. 222, a step better than break-even. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.