C
Las Vegas Raiders
Sanders is the Raiders' new face under center. Grade: C.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
When a board-topper like Earnest Greene III slides to the Round 6 slot, you do not overthink it, and the Raiders did not. A mixed bag that lands at C.
Shedeur Sanders is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.
The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
So much rides on Shedeur Sanders that the real verdict is a season or two away.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 6th overall pick they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
In pick 30 they get a true top target at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kenneth Grant in No. 37. A need, and now a little less of one.
Aireontae Ersery is a better player than Round 2, Pick 24 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Omarion Hampton in pick No. 68 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Jayden Higgins in pick 73 is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They paid sticker price for Cam Skattebo in the 107th pick, and that is fine. It fills a real need, too.
Bhayshul Tuten at slot 144 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the Round 6 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Earnest Greene III in the 214th overall pick, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Dorian Strong in Round 6, Pick 40 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
