RAIDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders bet the future on Sanders. The board says B.

by Moook · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 6 steals · 3 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades B
Future C

Thirty-one other rooms let Deontae Lawson slide, and the Raiders were the ones holding the card at the 177th overall pick. Highway robbery. The bottom line is a respectable B.

Whatever Shedeur Sanders becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. The White reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Shedeur Sanders · QB · rank 3
Shedeur Sanders in pick 3 is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 15
A running back of that caliber at pick No. 34 is the definition of value, full stop. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Isaiah Bond · WR · rank 35
Isaiah Bond in the 65th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jahdae Barron · S · rank 14
Jahdae Barron at slot 69 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Tyler Booker · OG · rank 50
Steal is underselling it; Tyler Booker at pick No. 78 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.3 · Pick 104 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 42
The board fumbled Smael Mondon Jr. all the way to the Round 4 slot, and they scooped it up. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.2 · Pick 177 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 93
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Deontae Lawson in pick 177, plain and simple. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson · OT · rank 242
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.2 · Pick 216 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 247
Shilo Sanders in the 216th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.5 · Pick 219 · Aydan White · CB · rank 261
They talked themselves into Aydan White at No. 219, and the board did not agree. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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