RAIDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Las Vegas Raiders

Ward is the Raiders' new face under center. Grade: B.

by gooddrafter · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 7 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

You could see the war room lean forward. Jalen Milroe at Round 6, Pick 4 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

They have staked the next five years on Cam Ward, which is the only story that really matters here. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The Castro pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher, tight end and other spots still on the board.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Cam Ward · QB · rank 6
In the 6th overall pick they get their quarterback of the future. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Tre Harris · WR · rank 49
A reach for Tre Harris in the 37th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 46
You do not let a safety like Xavier Watts reach pick No. 68 and blink. They did not. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 73
They took Tate Ratledge at par in pick 73, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.6 · Pick 107 · Sebastian Castro · S · rank 91
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending slot 107 on Sebastian Castro with edge rusher, tight end and other spots unsolved.
R5.5 · Pick 144 · Mello Dotson · CB · rank 135
Value with a capital V on Mello Dotson in No. 144, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.4 · Pick 182 · Jalen Milroe · QB · rank 100
Steal is underselling it; Jalen Milroe at the Round 6 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.36 · Pick 214 · DJ Giddens · RB · rank 164
DJ Giddens at the 214th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
R6.40 · Pick 218 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 174
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at Round 6, Pick 40 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.6 · Pick 224 · Upton Stout · S · rank 178
Taking Upton Stout in the 224th pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
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