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Raiders Draft Ward, Hampton, Golden, Porter, Stud LBs, Turner, McCoy, OL

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Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (LV)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (LV)
Shemar Turner
DL Texas A&M
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (LV)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (LV)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (LV)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Bru McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
Bru McCoy
WR Tennessee
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Ward is the plan now, and the Raiders grade out a B.

Call it larceny. Smael Mondon Jr. sat on the board until the 212th overall pick, and the Raiders did not need to be asked twice. The bottom line is a respectable B.

McCoy has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Cam Ward is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In No. 6 they get a long-term answer under center. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick37 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
They robbed the room for Omarion Hampton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick68 Rnd3 Matthew Golden
Matthew Golden at slot 68 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick73 Rnd3 Darien Porter
They took Darien Porter at par in No. 73, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick106 Rnd4 Sebastian Castro
You do not let a safety like Sebastian Castro reach Round 4, Pick 5 and blink. They did not. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick142 Rnd5 Shemar Turner
A wild overpay on Shemar Turner in pick No. 142, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick178 Rnd6 Miles Frazier
Miles Frazier at the 178th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick212 Rnd6 Smael Mondon Jr.
A linebacker of that caliber at the Round 6 slot is the definition of value, full stop. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick216 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
Steal is underselling it; Jay Higgins at pick 216 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick222 Rnd7 Bru McCoy
A big swing on Bru McCoy at the 222nd overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.