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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the C.

by [email protected] · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Raiders spent No. 218 on Nick Martin, a name most had 47 spots down the list. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Thornton Jr.. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Hit on Ashton Jeanty and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In pick No. 14 they get an every-down engine for the run game at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 25
Emeka Egbuka at pick 21 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Marcus Mbow · OT · rank 52
They did well to land Marcus Mbow in the 56th pick, just ahead of his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.30 · Pick 62 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 69
They paid sticker price for Tate Ratledge in the 62nd overall pick, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 68
Jayden Higgins in Round 3, Pick 4 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 55
The board fumbled TreVeyon Henderson all the way to the Round 3 slot, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.6 · Pick 107 · Jalen Milroe · QB · rank 95
Jalen Milroe slipping to the Round 4 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.5 · Pick 144 · Brashard Smith · RB · rank 111
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Brashard Smith in slot 144, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.4 · Pick 182 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 180
A straight-up fair deal on Oronde Gadsden II at No. 182, value and slot in agreement. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.36 · Pick 214 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 174
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at Round 6, Pick 36 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.40 · Pick 218 · Nick Martin · LB · rank 265
Nick Martin at pick 218 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
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