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The Raiders let McCord fall and pounced. Final grade: A-.

by rd702 · 2025 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 10 steals · 3 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

You build a draft on nights like this. Kyle McCord had no business being available in No. 218, and the Raiders did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

Ouzts has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.

They will answer for taking safety early while interior defensive lineman went begging. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Few war rooms will sleep better than this one tonight.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.27 · Pick 27 · Armand Membou · OT · rank 22
Nothing to complain about; Armand Membou went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 20
Nick Emmanwori at No. 37 is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 25
Emeka Egbuka at the Round 2 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 32
Omarion Hampton in pick 56 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It fills a real need, too.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Donovan Ezeiruaku · DE-EDGE · rank 67
They paid sticker price for Donovan Ezeiruaku in the 68th overall pick, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Maxwell Hairston · CB · rank 73
Maxwell Hairston slipping to slot 84 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.6 · Pick 107 · Emery Jones Jr. · OT · rank 124
They liked Emery Jones Jr. enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 4, Pick 6. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.7 · Pick 108 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 108
Smael Mondon Jr. at pick No. 108 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.22 · Pick 123 · Andrew Mukuba · S · rank 87
A curious use of No. 123. Interior defensive lineman needed the pick; a safety in Andrew Mukuba did not.
R4.27 · Pick 128 · Tory Horton · WR · rank 110
Tory Horton in the Round 4 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.4 · Pick 182 · Lathan Ransom · S · rank 107
The board fumbled Lathan Ransom all the way to the 182nd pick, and they scooped it up. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.35 · Pick 213 · Jay Higgins · LB · rank 182
Somehow Jay Higgins was still sitting there in Round 6, Pick 35, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R6.36 · Pick 214 · Kyle Williams · WR · rank 196
Kyle Williams in pick 214 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.40 · Pick 218 · Kyle McCord · QB · rank 120
Kyle McCord at the 218th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.6 · Pick 224 · Clay Webb · OG · rank 245
Clay Webb at pick No. 224 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.26 · Pick 244 · Robbie Ouzts · TE · rank 277
Robbie Ouzts at slot 244 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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