Wyattw90'S MOCK DRAFT

Wyatt mock 2.0

  • Wyattw90 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Raiders
Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LV)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LV)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LV)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (LV)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (LV)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Garrett Dellinger Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (LV)
Garrett Dellinger
OG LSU
John Williams Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (LV)
John Williams
OT Cincinnati
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

There is reaching, and then there is Garrett Dellinger at slot 215. The Raiders jumped the board by 82 and dared it to prove them wrong. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

They banked enough surplus on Fortune to cover a lot of smaller sins. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. With edge rusher and quarterback unsolved, spending premium capital on specialist is the choice that costs them.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In Round 1, Pick 6 they get a featured back. A real need, handled.
Pick37 Rnd2 Colston Loveland
Value with a capital V on Colston Loveland in pick 37, a genuine coup. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick68 Rnd3 Xavier Restrepo
Nothing to complain about; Xavier Restrepo went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick108 Rnd4 Ryan Fitzgerald
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went specialist with Ryan Fitzgerald while clear needs at edge rusher and quarterback sat open.
Pick143 Rnd5 Aeneas Peebles
Aeneas Peebles in the 143rd pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick180 Rnd6 O'Donnell Fortune
The board fumbled O'Donnell Fortune all the way to the Round 6 slot, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick213 Rnd6 Tahj Brooks
They will replay Tahj Brooks at pick 213 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick215 Rnd6 Garrett Dellinger
Garrett Dellinger in Round 6, Pick 39 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick222 Rnd7 John Williams
John Williams at the Round 7 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.