The Raiders went off the board in a big way for Will Sheppard, 99 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.

Getting Simon where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The whole projection now runs through Shedeur Sanders; hit there and everything else looks smarter.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.