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Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders left with their quarterback, and a A- to match.
by CaliRaider ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 9 steals
· 0 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how T.J. Sanders got past him. The Raiders do not have to explain a thing at pick 244.
Everything downstream of Cam Ward depends on Cam Ward, and the building knows it. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain.
Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.
Pick-by-Pick
No drama and no debate, Cam Ward went about where he belonged in the 6th pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Circle this one: Jahdae Barron at the 37th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
The board fumbled Malaki Starks all the way to the 73rd overall pick, and they scooped it up. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Tate Ratledge at slot 76 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Dylan Fairchild in No. 168 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Steal is underselling it; Zy Alexander at the 212th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A offensive lineman of that caliber at Round 6, Pick 41 is the definition of value, full stop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Tre Harris in pick 222 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Josaiah Stewart at pick No. 228 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Taking T.J. Sanders in the Round 7 slot is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.