B
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders won the night they stopped McCord from sliding. Grade: B.
by PD Pete ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 7 steals
· 1 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Kyle McCord got past him. The Raiders do not have to explain a thing at No. 180.
They will need Hawes to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 14th overall pick they get a true top target at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jalon Walker at slot 37. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Trey Amos at No. 45 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A quiet steal in pick 68: TreVeyon Henderson for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Charles Grant slid further than he should have, and pick No. 108 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
You do not let a wide receiver like Tai Felton reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They robbed the room for Kyle McCord here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
The board fumbled Jack Nelson all the way to the 213th pick, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They barely believed it either: RJ Harvey still on the board at the Round 6 slot. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A real head-scratcher, Jackson Hawes in the 222nd overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. It fills a real need, too.