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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (LV)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Michael Pratt Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (LV)
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (LV)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Javontae Jean-Baptiste Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (LV)
Javontae Jean-Baptiste
DE-EDGE Notre Dame
Tanner McLachlan Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (LV)
Tanner McLachlan
TE Arizona
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (TEN)
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Keaton Bills Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (TEN)
Keaton Bills
OG Utah
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Arnold should have been long gone. The Raiders pounced, and earned a B.

Call it larceny. Terrion Arnold sat on the board until the Round 2 slot, and the Raiders did not need to be asked twice. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. They are betting Gore Jr. proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

On the needs board they went 7 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 13 they get a ballhawk on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
They will replay Terrion Arnold at the Round 2 slot for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick77 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
A reasonable price with a little left over, Xavier Legette in pick No. 77. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick113 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
No edge and no loss on Matt Goncalves in the 113th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick147 Rnd5 Michael Pratt
They read the board right and Michael Pratt was the payoff at the 147th overall pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick210 Rnd6 Frank Gore Jr.
They jumped the gun on Frank Gore Jr., taking him earlier than his grade liked. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick221 Rnd7 Javontae Jean-Baptiste
A reach for Javontae Jean-Baptiste in Round 7, Pick 1; a little patience would have been rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick225 Rnd7 Tanner McLachlan
A tidy little value on Tanner McLachlan in No. 225, a step better than break-even. A need, and now a little less of one.