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Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (LV)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (LV)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Kimani Vidal Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (LV)
Kimani Vidal
RB Troy
Myles Harden Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (LV)
Myles Harden
CB South Dakota
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Raiders a B-.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Raiders reached some 30 spots for Kimani Vidal, and value like that does not grow back. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

Landing Harden that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the 13th pick they get a building block for the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick44 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
Nothing to complain about; Kamari Lassiter went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick77 Rnd3 Christian Mahogany
Christian Mahogany in No. 77 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick112 Rnd4 Mohamed Kamara
Mohamed Kamara in the Round 4 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jamari Thrash
Jamari Thrash at slot 148 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick208 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
Curtis Jacobs in Round 6, Pick 33 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick223 Rnd7 Kimani Vidal
Kimani Vidal at slot 223 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick229 Rnd7 Myles Harden
They will replay Myles Harden at pick 229 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.