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Las Vegas Raiders
Skattebo should have been long gone. The Raiders pounced, and earned a D.
by Cuda2183 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 6 steals
· 2 reaches
The board owed the Raiders one, and it paid up: Cam Skattebo, the No. 110 name on the board, sitting there at pick No. 212 like a gift left on the doorstep. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.
Every board in the league had Thornton Jr. lower, and that gap is the story. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere.
They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.
Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 30 they get a weapon on the perimeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Nick Emmanwori in the Round 2 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They took Zy Alexander at par in Round 2, Pick 24, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They will replay Omarion Hampton at pick No. 62 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Alfred Collins at slot 68 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Kurtis Rourke. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in No. 142 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Smael Mondon Jr. in the 178th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor itch, scratched.
Cam Skattebo at slot 212 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They let Miles Frazier come to them and pounced at No. 216. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Jordan Hancock at the 222nd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.