B-
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.
by Reheheheheh ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 3 steals
· 5 reaches
The rest of the league had time to spare on Ephesians Prysock; the Raiders did not wait, grabbing him 120 spots ahead at the 67th overall pick.
The Reiger pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. That offensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a two-high chess piece. More want than need.
They reached into another round for Zachariah Branch, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They reached a country mile for Ephesians Prysock at slot 67, and the board is aghast. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They went early on Anthony Lucas in pick 102, and the value did not follow. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A real head-scratcher, Demond Claiborne in Round 4, Pick 17 is miles ahead of his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Value said wait; Toriano Pride Jr. in No. 175 says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They barely believed it either: Mason Reiger still on the board at No. 185. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Trey Moore at pick No. 208 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They robbed the room for Eric McAlister here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.