COlty'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • COlty DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LV)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LV)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (LV)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (LV)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (LV)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders won the night they stopped Simon from sliding. Grade: B.

The Raiders spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Cody Simon, the No. 133 name on the board, in No. 222. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

Howard has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the 6th pick they get a workhorse for the backfield. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick37 Rnd2 Trey Amos
Trey Amos at pick 37 is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick68 Rnd3 Will Howard
Value said wait; Will Howard in slot 68 says they were not listening. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick108 Rnd4 Elic Ayomanor
A wide receiver of that caliber at No. 108 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick143 Rnd5 Gunnar Helm
They will replay Gunnar Helm at the Round 5 slot for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick180 Rnd6 Dillon Gabriel
Dillon Gabriel in Round 6, Pick 4 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick213 Rnd6 Cody Simon
Steal is underselling it; Cody Simon at the 213th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick215 Rnd6 Cody Simon
You do not let a linebacker like Cody Simon reach pick No. 215 and blink. They did not. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick222 Rnd7 Cody Simon
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Cody Simon in Round 7, Pick 6, plain and simple. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.