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5 Round Mock Apr 11, 26 D-

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Las Vegas Raiders

A franchise passer in Mendoza headlines a D- weekend for the Raiders.

by Fly Eagles Fly · 2026 NFL Draft · 7 picks · 0 steals · 0 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future B-

Somebody took the Raiders to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D- is the result.

So much rides on Fernando Mendoza that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want. The A.J. Brown pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.1 · Pick 1 · Fernando Mendoza · QB · rank 4
In the 1st pick they get a passer to set the clock by. A real need, handled.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · Gennings Dunker · OG · rank 51
Good price on Gennings Dunker in Round 2, Pick 22, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Romello Height · DE-EDGE · rank 69
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Romello Height. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Bryce Lance · WR · rank 96
Bryce Lance at the Round 4 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Jaishawn Barham · LB-EDGE · rank 116
Jaishawn Barham at No. 117 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.34 · Pick 134 · Harold Perkins Jr. · LB · rank 134
No drama and no debate, Harold Perkins Jr. went about where he belonged in the 134th overall pick. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.35 · Pick 175 · Travis Burke · OT · rank 173
By-the-book stuff, Travis Burke at pick 175 squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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