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Las Vegas Raiders

Sanders is the Raiders' new face under center. Grade: D-.

by BeastOnTheGrid · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 6 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

The DJ Campbell pick is the one that will follow the Raiders into the fall. They took him 68 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. The process wobbled, and the D- is where it lands.

Landing Singleton that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.

They have staked the next five years on Shedeur Sanders, which is the only story that really matters here. They will answer for taking linebacker early while edge rusher, tight end and other spots went begging.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.1 · Pick 1 · Shedeur Sanders · QB · rank 3
In No. 1 they get a franchise quarterback. A real need, handled.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 25
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jalon Walker at the 34th pick is the proof. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 48
Xavier Watts slipping to the Round 3 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 56
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Dylan Fairchild at Round 3, Pick 8. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 43
They will replay Dylan Sampson at pick No. 103 for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
R4.37 · Pick 138 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 109
They bypassed pressing needs at edge rusher, tight end and other spots to take Smael Mondon Jr., a linebacker that was not the priority.
R5.7 · Pick 145 · DJ Campbell · OG · rank 213
They reached a country mile for DJ Campbell at slot 145, and the board is aghast. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.2 · Pick 177 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 104
You do not let a running back like Nicholas Singleton reach pick 177 and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Davison Igbinosun · CB · rank 222
A reach on Davison Igbinosun in Round 6, Pick 37; the board had better options right there. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.2 · Pick 216 · Elijhah Badger · WR · rank 278
A big swing on Elijhah Badger at the 216th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.3 · Pick 217 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 247
Shilo Sanders at the 217th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
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