B
Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders found their guy under center in Sanders: B.
by Tmoney2208 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Shedeur Sanders is the Raiders' quarterback, full stop.
Lawson at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Spending an early pick on safety with edge rusher, cornerback and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 4th pick they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
In No. 8 they get an every-down engine for the run game. A real need, handled.
Circle this one: Nick Emmanwori at pick 65 is a fall that decides a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A quiet steal in the Round 3 slot: Dylan Fairchild for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They jumped the gun on Jake Majors, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A curious use of pick No. 103. Edge rusher, cornerback and other spots needed the pick; a safety in Malachi Moore did not.
Somehow Tez Johnson was still sitting there in the 117th overall pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Deontae Lawson in slot 138 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A minor need, but a need all the same.