B
Las Vegas Raiders
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Raiders: B.
by dffjunior ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 2 reaches
The Raiders treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 106th overall pick on Kyle McCord a full 124 spots early. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.
That Paul Jr. pick is the receipt they will wave around later. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.
They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
Nothing to complain about; Will Johnson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Jalon Walker is a better player than pick 39 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
The board had cheaper options than Aireontae Ersery at Round 2, Pick 12, and it noticed. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A slide stopped in No. 69, with Dylan Fairchild worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Alfred Collins at the Round 3 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kyle McCord this early at pick No. 106. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
You do not let a running back like TreVeyon Henderson reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They will replay Sonny Styles at No. 183 for years; that is how good the value is. A minor itch, scratched.
Taking Oronde Gadsden II in pick 212 is close to grand larceny; a tight end that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
Chris Paul Jr. in the 216th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Davison Igbinosun at slot 223 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.