RAIDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders won the night they stopped Ransom from sliding. Grade: A.

by Kraig · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 7 steals · 2 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

When a board-topper like Lathan Ransom slides to slot 214, you do not overthink it, and the Raiders did not. Little to argue with here, and the A says so.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The Howard reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

In the end it comes back to Shemar Stewart, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Shemar Stewart · DE-EDGE · rank 23
In pick 24 they get juice off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Walter Nolen · DT · rank 17
Circle this one: Walter Nolen at the 37th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 26
They robbed the room for Malaki Starks here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Will Howard · QB · rank 108
This one needs a full-page explanation: Will Howard in the 73rd overall pick, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 94
A reasonable price with a little left over, Dylan Fairchild in No. 97. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.6 · Pick 107 · Savion Williams · WR · rank 98
A tidy bit of business in Round 4, Pick 6, where Savion Williams graded well above the range. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.5 · Pick 144 · Tyler Shough · QB · rank 153
Tyler Shough in pick No. 144 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.4 · Pick 182 · Pat Bryant · WR · rank 147
Somehow Pat Bryant was still sitting there in slot 182, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.36 · Pick 214 · Lathan Ransom · S · rank 110
Lathan Ransom in pick No. 214 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.40 · Pick 218 · Woody Marks · RB · rank 190
The board fumbled Woody Marks all the way to the Round 6 slot, and they scooped it up. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.6 · Pick 224 · Trey Zuhn III · OT · rank 215
They let Trey Zuhn III come to them and pounced at slot 224. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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