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Assuming DeAngelo Hall arrived in Oakland Wednesday and all goes according to plan, the Raiders will reportedly lose their second and sixth-round picks in this year’s draft to the Atlanta Falcons. Given that the Raiders lost their third-round pick to New England as part of the deal that allowed them to draft Mario Henderson, and gave the Broncos a fifth-round selection for defensive ... [link]

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The NFL Draft Value Chart Is Like Three-Card Monte but With Worse Odds
Published 3/19/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... value draft picks. It seems arbitrary although some front offices still use it as a guide come draft day. I mention all this because the Oakland Tribune's Jerry McDonald writes that now that the Raiders have traded their second- and sixth-round picks the the Falcons for DeAngelo Hall, they will have just four selections this year (fourth-overall, a fourth-rounder, and two seventh-rounders). So what could the Raiders get for their No. 4 pick, according to the ol' draft value chart? ... the No. 4 overall pick is worth 1,800 points. ...

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