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Draft Selections
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (LV)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LV)
Walter Nolen
DT Mississippi
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (LV)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (LV)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Collin Oliver Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 5 (LV)
Collin Oliver
LB Oklahoma State
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 6 (LV)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 7 (LV)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Draft Picks Received
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CLE)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (CLE)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Players Gained
Head Shot
Greg Newsome II
CB
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueC NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Raiders worked the phones like thieves and earned a B.

There is reaching, and then there is Cody Simon at slot 71. The Raiders jumped the board by 162 and dared it to prove them wrong. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Denzel Burke
Denzel Burke in slot 17 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick39 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
They paid sticker price for Walter Nolen in the Round 2 slot, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick71 Rnd3 Cody Simon
They talked themselves into Cody Simon at Round 3, Pick 7, and the board did not agree. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick103 Rnd4 J.C. Davis
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on J.C. Davis. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick135 Rnd5 Collin Oliver
Value with a capital V on Collin Oliver in pick 135, a genuine coup. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick167 Rnd6 Dorian Strong
Dorian Strong is a better player than pick No. 167 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick199 Rnd7 Jalen Travis
By-the-book stuff, Jalen Travis at the 199th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.