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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (LV)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Will Sheppard Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LV)
Will Sheppard
WR Colorado
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (LV)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Jonah Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (LV)
Jonah Coleman
RB Washington
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (LV)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 5 (LV)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 6 (LV)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Akheem Mesidor Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 7 (LV)
Akheem Mesidor
DL-EDGE Miami
Draft Picks Received
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (CIN)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Jonah Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jonah Coleman
RB Washington
Players traded away
Head Shot
Davante Adams
WR
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall F
ValueF NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Raiders drew a line under the quarterback search with Ward: F.

The Raiders clearly saw something nobody else did in Will Sheppard, taking him 177 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. About as rough as the board gets, and a F to prove it.

Everything downstream of Cam Ward depends on Cam Ward, and the building knows it. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.

They will regret leaving cornerback for another day if the season turns on it.

Bottom line, it will take a lot of luck to make this look better later.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In slot 7 they get their quarterback of the future. A real need, handled.
Pick28 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
In the Round 1 slot they get a cornerstone up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Will Sheppard
Will Sheppard at the 39th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick71 Rnd3 Nick Emmanwori
They paid up for Nick Emmanwori at No. 71 when waiting would have done the job. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick92 Rnd3 Jonah Coleman
Jonah Coleman at pick 92 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick103 Rnd4 Jasheen Davis
Jasheen Davis in pick No. 103 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick135 Rnd5 Logan Brown
Logan Brown at the 135th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick167 Rnd6 Cody Simon
They left a pile of value on the table to take Cody Simon this early at pick No. 167. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick199 Rnd7 Akheem Mesidor
This one needs a full-page explanation: Akheem Mesidor in the 199th pick, miles early. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.