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Draft Selections
Carson Beck Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (LV)
Carson Beck
QB Georgia
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (LV)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (LV)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Barion Brown Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (LV)
Barion Brown
WR Kentucky
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (LV)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Phil Mafah Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 5 (LV)
Phil Mafah
RB Clemson
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 6 (LV)
Tim Smith
DT Alabama
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 7 (LV)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Players traded away
Head Shot
Davante Adams
WR
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall D-
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureB-
Beck is the plan now, and the Raiders grade out a D-.

When the story of this class is written, it opens with Tim Smith at pick 167, a reach of 40 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. A D- that will need time and luck to look better.

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

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Brown falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and edge rusher is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Carson Beck
They paid sticker price for Carson Beck in the Round 1 slot, and that is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick19 Rnd1 Denzel Burke
In No. 19 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Xavier Nwankpa
Xavier Nwankpa at the 39th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick71 Rnd3 Barion Brown
Value with a capital V on Barion Brown in Round 3, Pick 7, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick103 Rnd4 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
A tidy little value on Jamon Dumas-Johnson in slot 103, a step better than break-even. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick135 Rnd5 Phil Mafah
Phil Mafah at pick No. 135 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick167 Rnd6 Tim Smith
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tim Smith in the 167th overall pick, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick199 Rnd7 Dylan Fairchild
A wild overpay on Dylan Fairchild in slot 199, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.