B
Las Vegas Raiders
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Raiders a B.
by powersja06 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 5 picks
· 0 steals
· 2 reaches
Nobody had Will Howard this high, and it is not close. The Raiders reached 66 spots to get him at the 37th pick. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped offensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. The trade work was a quiet net positive.
Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.
Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Will Howard well ahead of where he belonged. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Quinshon Judkins at the 41st pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jalen Royals in pick No. 68. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Good price on Donovan Ezeiruaku in the 73rd overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.