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Las Vegas Raiders

Mendoza is the Raiders' new face under center. Grade: B+.

by ezekiel · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

There is reaching, and then there is Eric Gentry at No. 219. The Raiders jumped the board by 133 and dared it to prove them wrong.

So much rides on Fernando Mendoza that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. The Williams pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Fernando Mendoza · QB · rank 4
By-the-book stuff, Fernando Mendoza at the 2nd pick squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
R1.16 · Pick 16 · Makai Lemon · WR · rank 11
In No. 16 they get a go-to option on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Emmanuel Pregnon · OG · rank 39
They paid sticker price for Emmanuel Pregnon in slot 36, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Christen Miller · DL · rank 56
A tidy bit of business in the 67th overall pick, where Christen Miller graded well above the range. The roster fit checks out.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Mike Washington Jr. · RB · rank 75
Mike Washington Jr. at pick No. 102 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Antonio Williams · WR · rank 64
They barely believed it either: Antonio Williams still on the board at pick 117. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.34 · Pick 134 · Hezekiah Masses · CB · rank 137
Hezekiah Masses at the Round 4 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.35 · Pick 175 · Aamil Wagner · OT · rank 173
Aamil Wagner in No. 175 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.4 · Pick 185 · Zane Durant · DT · rank 179
Zane Durant at the 185th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.27 · Pick 208 · Riley Nowakowski · TE · rank 216
A reach on Riley Nowakowski in slot 208; the board had better options right there. It fills a real need, too.
R7.3 · Pick 219 · Eric Gentry · LB · rank 352
A real head-scratcher, Eric Gentry in Round 7, Pick 3 is miles ahead of his ranking. A minor need, but a need all the same.
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