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Las Vegas Raiders

Dart is the plan now, and the Raiders grade out a A-.

by [email protected] · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 7 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

Somebody in No. 216 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Raiders sat still while Jay Higgins, the No. 134 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

Jaxson Dart is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. They are betting Thornton Jr. proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

In the end it comes back to Jaxson Dart, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Jaxson Dart · QB · rank 58
In No. 25 they get the arm they will build around, though the board says they badly overpaid. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 24
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Emeka Egbuka at pick 37. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 20
Jalon Walker at slot 68 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 55
They barely believed it either: TreVeyon Henderson still on the board at the 73rd pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Quinshon Judkins · RB · rank 70
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Quinshon Judkins in pick 106, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.5 · Pick 142 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 184
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Dont'e Thornton Jr.. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.3 · Pick 178 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 142
Oronde Gadsden II in the 178th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Luke Lachey · TE · rank 195
Luke Lachey in No. 212 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Jay Higgins · LB · rank 134
The board fumbled Jay Higgins all the way to pick No. 216, and they scooped it up. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.6 · Pick 222 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 258
A real head-scratcher, Shilo Sanders in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
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