C+
Las Vegas Raiders
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Raiders and Barton: C+.
by BeastOnTheGrid ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 6 steals
· 3 reaches
You could see the war room lean forward. Lander Barton at the Round 7 slot is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.
They will need Roberts to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a sticky cover corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Carson Beck in pick No. 36 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Taking Isaiah Bond in slot 67 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Circle this one: Omarion Hampton at pick 70 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Value said wait; Jaeden Roberts in the 106th overall pick says they were not listening. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Donovan Jackson in the 142nd pick, miles early. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They will replay Nicholas Singleton at No. 179 for years; that is how good the value is. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They robbed the room for Harold Perkins Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Steal is underselling it; Lander Barton at pick 220 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Jalen Catalon at the Round 7 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
No edge and no loss on Jeffrey Bassa in No. 232; it is a wash and a sensible one. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
