RAIDERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Las Vegas Raiders

Best value of the weekend goes to the Raiders for Skattebo: B.

by [email protected] · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 8 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A
Future C+

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Cam Skattebo, the 212th overall pick, roughly 107 picks past where he belonged. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

If Griffith pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

The trade work was a quiet net positive.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Tetairoa McMillan · WR · rank 5
A quiet steal in No. 14: Tetairoa McMillan for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Tyler Booker · OG · rank 38
In the Round 1 slot they get a blindside protector, even if it was a touch early. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Tyleik Williams · DT · rank 39
No drama and no debate, Tyleik Williams went about where he belonged in slot 37. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 55
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 68, where TreVeyon Henderson graded well above the range. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 20
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jalon Walker in Round 3, Pick 9, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 65
Dylan Sampson slid further than he should have, and the 80th pick is lovely value for the running back. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Savion Williams · WR · rank 98
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Savion Williams at the 106th overall pick is the proof. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.5 · Pick 142 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 184
They talked themselves into Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick 142, and the board did not agree. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.3 · Pick 178 · Roc Taylor · WR · rank 194
Roc Taylor at the 178th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.12 · Pick 187 · Mitchell Evans · TE · rank 153
Mitchell Evans at slot 187 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Cam Skattebo · RB · rank 105
Taking Cam Skattebo in pick 212 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 110
Smael Mondon Jr. in No. 216 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.6 · Pick 222 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 258
A wild overpay on Shilo Sanders in pick No. 222, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A minor itch, scratched.
R7.16 · Pick 232 · Thor Griffith · DL · rank 286
Thor Griffith in the Round 7 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The roster fit checks out.