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Draft Selections
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Spencer Rattler Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Spencer Rattler
QB South Carolina
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (LV)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (LV)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (LV)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (LV)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Raiders: B-.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Raiders spent the 77th pick on Spencer Rattler, a name most had 41 spots down the list. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

That Devonshire pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

Job largely done: cornerback settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In slot 13 they get a cornerstone up front at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick44 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson at pick No. 44 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick77 Rnd3 Spencer Rattler
Spencer Rattler at No. 77 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick112 Rnd4 Mason McCormick
Mason McCormick at the Round 4 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick148 Rnd5 Dylan Laube
They went early on Dylan Laube in the 148th overall pick, and the value did not follow. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick208 Rnd6 Garret Greenfield
They paid up for Garret Greenfield at pick 208 when waiting would have done the job. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick223 Rnd7 Bub Means
Bub Means in pick No. 223 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick229 Rnd7 M.J. Devonshire
Circle this one: M.J. Devonshire at the 229th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.