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Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (LV)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (LV)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (LV)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (LV)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (LV)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (LV)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Roc Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (LV)
Roc Taylor
WR Memphis
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 6 (LV)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (LV)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Players traded away
Head Shot
Davante Adams
WR
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall D-
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Raiders left with their quarterback, and a D- to match.

You could see the war room lean forward. Dillon Gabriel at Round 7, Pick 6 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D- is the result.

Every board in the league had Thornton Jr. lower, and that gap is the story. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back.

Shedeur Sanders gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
In slot 6 they get their quarterback of the future at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kenneth Grant at pick No. 33 is the proof. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick37 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
They paid sticker price for Tyler Booker in Round 2, Pick 5, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick67 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
Quietly one of the better values of the day, TreVeyon Henderson at No. 67. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick68 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
Dylan Sampson at slot 68 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the running back. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
No edge and no loss on Jayden Higgins in pick 73; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick107 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Good price on Kevin Winston Jr. in the Round 4 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick144 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 144th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick182 Rnd6 Bhayshul Tuten
A quiet steal in pick No. 182: Bhayshul Tuten for less than the market said. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick214 Rnd6 Roc Taylor
Roc Taylor at the 214th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick218 Rnd6 Cody Simon
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Cody Simon in No. 218, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick224 Rnd7 Dillon Gabriel
They will replay Dillon Gabriel at the 224th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.