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Grand theft in No. 214: the Raiders steal Rourke and grade out a B+.

by Cuda2183 · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 6 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future C+

You could see the war room lean forward. Kurtis Rourke at slot 214 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. No fireworks, but a solid B+.

They will need Thornton Jr. to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The Higgins pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher and tight end.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.5 · Pick 37 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 19
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Kenneth Grant reach the 37th pick and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Demetrius Knight Jr. · LB · rank 61
Demetrius Knight Jr. at pick No. 68 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 65
They let Dylan Sampson come to them and pounced at Round 3, Pick 9. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.34 · Pick 98 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 89
Denzel Burke slipping to the Round 3 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Donovan Jackson · OT · rank 86
Donovan Jackson in pick 105 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.6 · Pick 107 · Jay Higgins · LB · rank 137
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 107th overall pick on Jay Higgins with edge rusher and tight end unsolved.
R5.12 · Pick 151 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 185
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in slot 151 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.4 · Pick 182 · Nick Nash · WR · rank 155
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Nick Nash in No. 182, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.36 · Pick 214 · Kurtis Rourke · QB · rank 144
They robbed the room for Kurtis Rourke here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.40 · Pick 218 · Carson Vinson · OT · rank 220
Carson Vinson in slot 218 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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