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Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (LV)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (LV)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (LV)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (LV)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (LV)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (LV)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Charles Turner III Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (LV)
Charles Turner III
C LSU
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall C+
ValueB- NeedB TradesC- FutureB-
A franchise passer in Maye headlines a C+ weekend for the Raiders.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Raiders took Matthew Jones a full 86 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Wilson. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

It grades out a shrug today, with plenty of room to move either way.

Pick Analysis
Pick10 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the 10th pick they get their quarterback of the future. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick77 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni in Round 3, Pick 13 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick112 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg in the Round 4 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick135 Rnd4 Jaylin Simpson
No drama and no debate, Jaylin Simpson went about where he belonged in slot 135. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick148 Rnd5 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson in pick 148 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick185 Rnd6 Matthew Jones
Value said wait; Matthew Jones in the 185th overall pick says they were not listening. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick208 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jared Wiley. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick223 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. at pick No. 223 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick229 Rnd7 Charles Turner III
This one needs a full-page explanation: Charles Turner III in the 229th pick, miles early. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.