The Las Vegas Raiders are finalizing their draft board as the 2026 NFL Draft begins Thursday at 5 p.m. PT.
In addition to the first overall pick, the Raiders have nine selections. A round comes into view: the fourth. Las Vegas has picks at 102, 117 and 134. Three picks in a single round opens the door to some possible moves.
Here’s what GM Jon Spytek could do with him.
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The Raiders have early, middle and late picks in the fourth round. This is an advantage most teams do not run with.
Jon Spytek could package a second rounder with a fourth to move up at the end of the first round. Or combine two-fourths to move up within the round. Three picks in a single round are currency – and there are teams willing to deal.
Last year, Atlanta sent the Rams 2nd, 7th and future 1st to reach the back end of Round 1 and pick up 3rd in the process. Multi-piece deals like this don’t happen without excess inventory. The Raiders have it.
The 117th pick came from Jacksonville in the Jacoby Meyers trade. 134th is a comp pick. There is another comp at the tail end of Round 5.
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Finding Value by Trading Down

Jon Spytek did this twice in the second round last year and left with five players.
Miami’s second, third and fourth picks at No. 37 and No. 143 – Arionte Erceri, Caleb Rogers, Tonka Hemingway. Then No. 48 from Houston for 58 and 99 – Jack Bech, Charles Grant. The Raiders turned two picks into five. It’s hard to argue with that math.
The same concept applies in Round 4. Slide back, pick up an extra pick, find out the roster still needs depth. The wide receivers, defensive tackles and secondary are all still in play.
“It starts with us saying we’re going to make a choice,” Spytek said. “If there’s a player that we’re not as excited about or there’s a group of players that we would love to select and that we could get value from, we’re certainly willing to listen to that.”
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No deal can be made, the attackers simply choose. This is also a good result.
Stark said the scouting staff doesn’t treat Day 3 any differently than Day 1.
“We pay equal attention to every player on the board as we work on them because those selections matter. Those players are successful,” Starc said. “I don’t think we put any different level of detail into pick No. 1 than we put into any fourth-round pick or fifth, sixth or seventh-round pick.”
John Spytek said this week is payday for the Scouts who spent all year doing the work that no one outside the building sees.
“This is really their Super Bowl,” he said. “The college scouts, in particular, the scouting assistants and pro scouts, they have done a phenomenal job this year.”
Max Crosby. Fourth round. 2019. The argument builds on its own.
“We think we can find value throughout the draft,” Starks said. “So we put a lot of emphasis on all those selections.”
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