raider1961'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • raider1961 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (LV)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (LV)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (LV)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (LV)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (LV)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (LV)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (LV)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (CAR)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Hunter Renfrow
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Jimmy Garoppolo
QB
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall D
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureC+
Johnson should have been long gone. The Raiders pounced, and earned a D.

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Raiders, and the value they bled adds up to real damage.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They will need DeJean to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

That Johnson pick is the receipt they will wave around later. Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and edge rusher is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
By-the-book stuff, Rome Odunze at No. 12 squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick33 Rnd2 Troy Fautanu
They paid up for Troy Fautanu at slot 33 when waiting would have done the job. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick44 Rnd2 Cooper DeJean
A reach for Cooper DeJean in Round 2, Pick 12; a little patience would have been rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick76 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
Value with a capital V on Denzel Burke in pick No. 76, a genuine coup. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick112 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Nothing to complain about; Tommy Eichenberg went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick149 Rnd5 Mike Sainristil
They took Mike Sainristil at par in pick 149, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick168 Rnd5 Ainias Smith
Ainias Smith at No. 168 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick190 Rnd6 Brevyn Spann-Ford
Brevyn Spann-Ford at pick No. 190 is a conviction pick that outran the value. The roster fit checks out.
Pick233 Rnd7 Cornelius Johnson
Taking Cornelius Johnson in the Round 7 slot is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.