The Raiders 2025 draft class only has played one season, so identifying which players could or could not be replaced here is a little bit different than my previous editions. Players have either under, or over performed and plenty of players are still developing after being selected as pure developmental prospects. Ashton Jeanty is a staple of the Raiders offense, and looking back was a runningback the right pick, most likely not, but he’ll remain a focal point of the Klint Kubiak offense, beyond that we will see the rest.
A fun idea I had was a re-draft, but not any re-draft that just picks the best player, I wanted to re-draft the Raiders for 2020 but use the same positions at each selection. For example in 2019 at 4th overall, while I would desperately want to take a defensive tackle, the Raiders selected EDGE Clelin Ferrell and thus they’ll stick at EDGE. A few rules:
I plan to do a redraft for 2019 to 2025 re-draft and then my own personal “what I would do” 2026 re-draft so keep an eye on those.
Round 1, 6th Overall: RB Ashton Jeanty (original pick)
Original Pick: RB Ashton Jeanty
Round 2, 58th Overall: WR Kyle Williams (69th overall)
Original Pick: WR Jack Bech
Round 3, 68th Overall: CB Darien Porter (original pick)
Original Pick: CB Darien Porter
Round 3, 98th Overall: IOL Caleb Rogers (original pick)
Original Pick: IOL Caleb Rogers
Round 3, 99th Overall: T Charles Grant (original pick)
Original Pick: T Charles Grant
Round 4, 108th Overall: WR Elic Ayomanor (136th overall)
Original Pick: WR Dont’e Thornton Jr
Round 4, 135th Overall: DT Tonka Hemingway (original pick)
Original Pick: DT Tonka Hemingway
Round 6, 180th Overall: DT JJ Pegues
Original Pick: DT JJ Pegues
Round 6, 213th Overall: WR Tez Johnson (235th overall)
Original Pick: WR Tommy Mellott
Round 6, 215th Overall: QB Quinn Ewers (231st overall)
Original Pick: QB Cam Miller
Round 7, 222nd Overall: ILB Shaun Dolac
Original Pick: ILB Cody Lindenberg