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Las Vegas Raiders
A passer of the future in Gabriel, and a D, for the Raiders.
by gregory ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 4 picks
· 1 steals
· 1 reaches
The Dillon Gabriel selection is the head-turner. The Raiders reached 104 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.
They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. The whole projection now runs through Dillon Gabriel; hit there and everything else looks smarter.
Getting Mukuba where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 17 they get the face of the franchise, though the board says they badly overpaid. A clean fit for the roster.
They did well to land Quinshon Judkins in No. 78, just ahead of his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
You do not let a safety like Andrew Mukuba reach Round 4, Pick 12 and blink. They did not. A minor itch, scratched.
No drama and no debate, DJ Campbell went about where he belonged in pick 214. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.