B
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders let Burke fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 7 steals
· 2 reaches
You build a draft on nights like this. Denzel Burke had no business being available in the 222nd pick, and the Raiders did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. TeSlaa has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 14 they get protection for the quarterback. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A straight-up fair deal on Jihaad Campbell at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Emeka Egbuka at pick 45 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board had TreVeyon Henderson higher than slot 68, and the running back fell to them anyway. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Quinshon Judkins in the 80th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A need, and now a little less of one.
They read the board right and Jalen Milroe was the payoff at No. 108. The roster fit checks out.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Billy Bowman Jr. in the 117th overall pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Circle this one: Kevin Winston Jr. at pick No. 143 is a fall that decides a draft. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
You do not let a running back like Bhayshul Tuten reach pick 180 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
They jumped the gun on Jaylin Lane, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Isaac TeSlaa. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They barely believed it either: Denzel Burke still on the board at the Round 7 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
