B
Las Vegas Raiders
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Raiders: B.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 8 steals
· 1 reaches
The Raiders went off the board in a big way for Jimmy Horn Jr., 115 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.
However the rest shakes out, Winston Jr. at that price is a win they earned. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
A reasonable price with a little left over, Mason Graham in the 8th pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
In slot 21 they get an island corner at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Circle this one: Jahdae Barron at No. 37 is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Aireontae Ersery slid further than he should have, and the Round 2 slot is lovely value for the offensive lineman. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and TreVeyon Henderson at Round 3, Pick 4 is the proof. The roster fit checks out.
Jonah Savaiinaea at pick 73 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Will Howard in the 107th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Cam Skattebo in the 113th pick. It fills a real need, too.
A safety of that caliber at the Round 5 slot is the definition of value, full stop. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at Round 6, Pick 4 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Donovan Edwards in No. 214 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jimmy Horn Jr. in pick 218, miles early. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
