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Las Vegas Raiders

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

by Isaac · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future B-

The Raiders spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Jay Higgins, the No. 61 name on the board, in the 142nd pick. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.

Reaching for Lacy left real value on the table behind him. The whole projection now runs through Cam Ward; hit there and everything else looks smarter.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and cornerback is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Cam Ward · QB · rank 5
In the 5th overall pick they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.11 · Pick 11 · Abdul Carter · DE-EDGE · rank 17
In slot 11 they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Malachi Moore · S · rank 16
Malachi Moore at Round 3, Pick 3 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 15
Omarion Hampton at pick No. 70 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Elic Ayomanor · WR · rank 100
Nothing to complain about; Elic Ayomanor went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.4 · Pick 142 · Jay Higgins · LB · rank 61
You do not let a linebacker like Jay Higgins reach the 142nd pick and blink. They did not. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Parker Brailsford · C · rank 134
Somehow Parker Brailsford was still sitting there in the 179th overall pick, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Jared Wilson · C · rank 197
They let Jared Wilson come to them and pounced at pick 212. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.1 · Pick 215 · Kyren Lacy · WR · rank 244
Kyren Lacy at No. 215 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.6 · Pick 220 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 243
This one needs a full-page explanation: Shilo Sanders in slot 220, miles early. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
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