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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a A-.

by JBHANCOCK94 · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 4 steals · 0 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

The search is over. The Raiders handed the keys to Fernando Mendoza, and the whole operation now runs on his development. The sum of the weekend is a deserved A-.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

The Smith pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The Raiders paired the rookies with proven help, Tyler Guyton leading the way.

A strong weekend's work, and a rare one to find this little fault with.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.1 · Pick 1 · Fernando Mendoza · QB · rank 4
In the 1st overall pick they get their quarterback of the future. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Omar Cooper Jr. · WR · rank 55
Omar Cooper Jr. slipping to No. 63 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Devin Moore · CB · rank 87
Devin Moore is a better player than Round 4, Pick 2 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · Jude Bowry · OT · rank 123
They paid sticker price for Jude Bowry in the Round 4 slot, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Genesis Smith · S · rank 97
Circle this one: Genesis Smith at the 117th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.34 · Pick 134 · Harold Perkins Jr. · LB · rank 129
Harold Perkins Jr. at pick 134 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R5.35 · Pick 175 · Eric Rivers · WR · rank 163
Value with a capital V on Eric Rivers in slot 175, a genuine coup. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.1 · Pick 182 · Zane Durant · DT · rank 175
Zane Durant in pick No. 182 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The roster fit checks out.
R6.4 · Pick 185 · DJ Campbell · OG · rank 179
DJ Campbell in the Round 6 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.27 · Pick 208 · Kaelon Black · RB · rank 208
Kaelon Black at No. 208 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.3 · Pick 219 · Jalon Daniels · QB · rank 222
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jalon Daniels. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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