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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (LV)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (LV)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (LV)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (LV)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
J.J. Weaver Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (LV)
J.J. Weaver
LB-EDGE Kentucky
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (LV)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Ward is the Raiders' new face under center. Grade: B-.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but J.J. Weaver at the Round 7 slot is 130 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

Mondon Jr. falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Cam Ward is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In the 6th overall pick they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 Tre Harris
A conviction pick on Tre Harris at pick No. 37 that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick68 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Demetrius Knight Jr. in No. 68 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick73 Rnd3 Deone Walker
They did well to land Deone Walker in Round 3, Pick 9, just ahead of his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick107 Rnd4 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at slot 107 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
Pick144 Rnd5 Cam Skattebo
Circle this one: Cam Skattebo at the 144th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick182 Rnd6 Devin Neal
They robbed the room for Devin Neal here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick214 Rnd6 Smael Mondon Jr.
The board fumbled Smael Mondon Jr. all the way to the 214th overall pick, and they scooped it up. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Pick218 Rnd7 J.J. Weaver
J.J. Weaver in No. 218 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick224 Rnd7 Seth McLaughlin
Seth McLaughlin at slot 224 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.