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Las Vegas Raiders

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Raiders and Ferguson: D-.

by [email protected] · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 11 steals · 1 reaches
Value A-
Need B+
Trades F
Future D

You build a draft on nights like this. Terrance Ferguson had no business being available in slot 224, and the Raiders did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. The cost of the Smith reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Abdul Carter · DE-EDGE · rank 3
In pick No. 6 they get a bendy edge with upside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Walter Nolen · DT · rank 17
A quiet steal in No. 33: Walter Nolen for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Will Campbell · OT · rank 11
Taking Will Campbell in the 37th pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jahdae Barron · CB · rank 12
Jahdae Barron in slot 67 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 47
Aireontae Ersery at the Round 3 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 65
Value with a capital V on Dylan Sampson in the 73rd overall pick, a genuine coup. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.6 · Pick 107 · Brashard Smith · RB · rank 117
They jumped the gun on Brashard Smith, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.5 · Pick 144 · Jalen Milroe · QB · rank 101
Steal is underselling it; Jalen Milroe at pick 144 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.26 · Pick 165 · Savion Williams · WR · rank 98
They robbed the room for Savion Williams here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.4 · Pick 182 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 143
Somehow Oronde Gadsden II was still sitting there in No. 182, and they pounced on premier tight end value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.36 · Pick 214 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 185
The board fumbled Dont'e Thornton Jr. all the way to slot 214, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.40 · Pick 218 · JJ Pegues · DT · rank 187
Circle this one: JJ Pegues at the 218th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.6 · Pick 224 · Terrance Ferguson · TE · rank 122
Terrance Ferguson at the Round 7 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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