B-
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders drew a line under the quarterback search with McCarthy: B-.
by sportelaspgmailcom ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 0 steals
· 2 reaches
The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Raiders spent their marquee pick on J.J. McCarthy, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.
The McCarthy reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.
On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get the face of the franchise, though the board says they badly overpaid. A clean fit for the roster.
Jackson Powers-Johnson in slot 55 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They paid sticker price for Malachi Corley in the 77th pick, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
By-the-book stuff, Michael Hall Jr. at No. 86 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Jarrian Jones in pick 112 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A straight-up fair deal on Theo Johnson at the 150th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
Nothing to complain about; Ethan Driskell went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
No drama and no debate, Joshua Cephus went about where he belonged in Round 7, Pick 14. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.