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Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LV)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (LV)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (LV)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (LV)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (LV)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 4 (LV)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (LV)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Bryce Foster Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (LV)
Bryce Foster
C Kansas
Damien Martinez Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (LV)
Damien Martinez
RB Miami
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A passer of the future in Sanders, and a B, for the Raiders.

The Raiders spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Sonny Styles, the No. 127 name on the board, in No. 212.

Shedeur Sanders is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. Spending an early pick on linebacker with edge rusher, tight end and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
In pick No. 1 they get the face of the franchise at fair value.
Pick34 Rnd2 Travis Hunter
Travis Hunter at No. 34 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick65 Rnd3 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty at slot 65 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
Pick72 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Tate Ratledge in the Round 3 slot, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick103 Rnd4 Jalon Walker
They will replay Jalon Walker at pick No. 103 for years; that is how good the value is. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick138 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
A curious use of No. 138. Edge rusher, tight end and other spots needed the pick; a linebacker in Smael Mondon Jr. did not.
Pick177 Rnd6 Kyren Lacy
Kyren Lacy in Round 6, Pick 2 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick212 Rnd6 Sonny Styles
They robbed the room for Sonny Styles here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick216 Rnd7 Bryce Foster
Bryce Foster slid further than he should have, and the 216th overall pick is lovely value for the offensive lineman. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick217 Rnd7 Damien Martinez
Damien Martinez in the 217th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.