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Las Vegas Raiders

Best value of the weekend goes to the Raiders for Knight Jr.: B-.

by [email protected] · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades C+
Future C

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Demetrius Knight Jr., the No. 58 name on the board, stolen at the 108th pick. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Spending an early pick on linebacker with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Jahdae Barron · CB · rank 13
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get a potential shutdown corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 25
In No. 21 they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 21
They let Kenneth Grant come to them and pounced at the 37th pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 41
Jihaad Campbell in the 39th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 46
No drama and no debate, Xavier Watts went about where he belonged in the Round 2 slot. A minor itch, scratched.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 55
TreVeyon Henderson in slot 58 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 69
By-the-book stuff, Tate Ratledge at pick No. 68 squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 61
The board fumbled Dylan Sampson all the way to pick 89, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.6 · Pick 108 · Demetrius Knight Jr. · LB · rank 58
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending slot 108 on Demetrius Knight Jr. with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots unsolved.
R4.15 · Pick 117 · Kevin Winston Jr. · S · rank 98
Of all the spots to shop, they chose safety. Kevin Winston Jr. in No. 117 leaves edge rusher, quarterback and other spots for later.
R5.5 · Pick 143 · Hollin Pierce · OT · rank 112
You do not let an offensive lineman like Hollin Pierce reach Round 5, Pick 5 and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.4 · Pick 180 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 173
A tidy little value on Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 180th overall pick, a step better than break-even. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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