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Fernando Mendoza Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LV)
Fernando Mendoza
QB Indiana
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (LV)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Kenyon Sadiq Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (LV)
Kenyon Sadiq
TE Oregon
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (LV)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Genesis Smith Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (LV)
Genesis Smith
S Arizona
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (LV)
Jalon Kilgore
CB South Carolina
Chris McClellan Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (LV)
Chris McClellan
DT Missouri
Kaleb Elarms-Orr Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (LV)
Kaleb Elarms-Orr
LB TCU
Taylen Green Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (LV)
Taylen Green
QB Arkansas
Zxavian Harris Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (LV)
Zxavian Harris
DT Ole Miss
Riley Nowakowski Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (LV)
Riley Nowakowski
TE Indiana
Draft Picks Received
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (BAL)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Players traded away
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Maxx Crosby
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Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall D-
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureC-
The Raiders bet the future on Mendoza. The board says D-.

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Riley Nowakowski in pick 219, a good 53 spots before the room expected him.

Whatever Fernando Mendoza becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Landing Ponds that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Fernando Mendoza
In No. 1 they get the arm they will build around at fair value.
Pick14 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In slot 14 they get the heartbeat of the defense. Need was not the driver here.
Pick36 Rnd2 Kenyon Sadiq
Kenyon Sadiq is a better player than the 36th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick67 Rnd3 D'Angelo Ponds
They barely believed it either: D'Angelo Ponds still on the board at the 67th overall pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick102 Rnd4 Genesis Smith
Good price on Genesis Smith in pick No. 102, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick117 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
Jalon Kilgore in the Round 4 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick134 Rnd4 Chris McClellan
Nothing to complain about; Chris McClellan went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick174 Rnd5 Kaleb Elarms-Orr
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kaleb Elarms-Orr. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick180 Rnd6 Taylen Green
Taylen Green at pick 180 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick183 Rnd6 Zxavian Harris
Zxavian Harris at the 183rd overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick219 Rnd7 Riley Nowakowski
They reached a country mile for Riley Nowakowski at the Round 7 slot, and the board is aghast. A need, and now a little less of one.