B-
Las Vegas Raiders
A solid, sensible weekend for the Raiders: B-.
by Reheheheheh ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 5 steals
· 2 reaches
The Raiders clearly saw something nobody else did in Jalon Daniels, taking him 80 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. No fireworks, but a solid B-.
That Nussmeier pick is the receipt they will wave around later. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 1 they get a ballhawk on the back end. Need was not the driver here.
No drama and no debate, Akheem Mesidor went about where he belonged in slot 36. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They reached into another round for Jaishawn Barham, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
You do not let a quarterback like Garrett Nussmeier reach the 102nd overall pick and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
The board fumbled De'Zhaun Stribling all the way to Round 4, Pick 17, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Value with a capital V on Carson Beck in the 134th pick, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Albert Regis at Round 5, Pick 35 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
Value said wait; Jalon Daniels in the Round 6 slot says they were not listening. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Steal is underselling it; Josh Cameron at the 208th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Eric McAlister at pick No. 219 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
