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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders robbed the room for Smith. Final grade: B+.

by jonniep · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 8 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A-

The rest of the league will want that one back. Brashard Smith tumbling to the Raiders in the 212th pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

They will need Morrison to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. With edge rusher, offensive lineman and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on safety is the choice that costs them.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Benjamin Morrison · CB · rank 44
In pick No. 17 they get a ballhawk on the outside, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 22
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Nick Emmanwori in the Round 2 slot. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
A clean, defensible pick in slot 45 with a little surplus value in Jihaad Campbell. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Isaiah Bond · WR · rank 54
Isaiah Bond is a better player than the 68th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 46
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Xavier Watts adds a safety and leaves edge rusher, offensive lineman and other spots untouched.
R3.35 · Pick 99 · Joshua Farmer · DT · rank 118
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Joshua Farmer well ahead of where he belonged. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Demetrius Knight Jr. · LB · rank 61
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending No. 106 on Demetrius Knight Jr. with edge rusher, offensive lineman and other spots unsolved.
R5.5 · Pick 142 · Barrett Carter · LB · rank 83
Circle this one: Barrett Carter at the 142nd overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Brashard Smith · RB · rank 116
A running back of that caliber at pick 212 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Raheim Sanders · RB · rank 156
Taking Raheim Sanders in the 216th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
R7.6 · Pick 222 · Upton Stout · S · rank 190
They will replay Upton Stout at the Round 7 slot for years; that is how good the value is. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
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