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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (LV)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (LV)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (LV)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (LV)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (LV)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Ray Davis Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (LV)
Ray Davis
RB Kentucky
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (LV)
Dwight McGlothern
DB Arkansas
Benjamin Yurosek Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (LV)
Benjamin Yurosek
TE Stanford
Draft Picks Received
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (HOU)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureC+
The Raiders checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Dwight McGlothern at the Round 6 slot is 45 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Landing Colson that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In Round 1, Pick 14 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. A real need, handled.
Pick46 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe in slot 46 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick78 Rnd3 Jackson Powers-Johnson
They went early on Jackson Powers-Johnson in the 78th pick, and the value did not follow. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick114 Rnd4 Tyleik Williams
Tyleik Williams at the 114th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick121 Rnd4 Junior Colson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Junior Colson at No. 121 is the proof. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick151 Rnd5 Ray Davis
No edge and no loss on Ray Davis in pick 151; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick192 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern in slot 192 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Where it fits the depth chart is the real question.
Pick235 Rnd7 Benjamin Yurosek
The board had cheaper options than Benjamin Yurosek at Round 7, Pick 15, and it noticed. It fills a real need, too.