Thirty-one other rooms let Jadarian Price slide, and the Raiders were the ones holding the card at the Round 4 slot. Highway robbery. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. Every board in the league had Dixon lower, and that gap is the story.
The Alec Pierce deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.2
· Pick 2
· Francis Mauigoa
· OT
· rank 6
In pick No. 2 they get a long-term starter on the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.18
· Pick 18
· Jordyn Tyson
· WR
· rank 23
In pick 18 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.15
· Pick 47
· Dillon Thieneman
· S
· rank 35
Dillon Thieneman in the 47th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.3
· Pick 67
· Christen Miller
· DL
· rank 56
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Christen Miller in slot 67. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.2
· Pick 102
· Elijah Sarratt
· WR
· rank 77
They robbed the room for Elijah Sarratt here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.17
· Pick 117
· Jadarian Price
· RB
· rank 69
Jadarian Price in the Round 4 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.34
· Pick 134
· DeMonte Capehart
· DT
· rank 137
They paid sticker price for DeMonte Capehart in Round 4, Pick 34, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.35
· Pick 175
· Drew Allar
· QB
· rank 156
Drew Allar at the 175th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.4
· Pick 185
· DJ Campbell
· OG
· rank 185
By-the-book stuff, DJ Campbell at No. 185 squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.27
· Pick 208
· Thaddeus Dixon
· CB
· rank 220
Thaddeus Dixon in pick 208 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.3
· Pick 219
· Jimmy Rolder
· LB
· rank 221
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jimmy Rolder. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.