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Las Vegas Raiders
Best value of the weekend goes to the Raiders for Winston Jr.: C.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 9 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Kevin Winston Jr. slide, and the Raiders were the ones holding the card at the 182nd pick. Highway robbery.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 8 they get juice off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
In the 16th pick they get a blindside protector at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Kenneth Grant in pick No. 37, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
You do not let a safety like Nick Emmanwori reach the Round 2 slot and blink. They did not. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A running back of that caliber at Round 3, Pick 4 is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Jaxson Dart at slot 73 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Quinshon Judkins in the 107th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A quiet steal in pick 113: Savion Williams for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Taking Will Howard in Round 5, Pick 5 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
The board fumbled Kevin Winston Jr. all the way to the Round 6 slot, and they scooped it up. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Raheim Sanders in the 214th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.