With the sixth pick in the Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, the Raiders select…
There have already been some surprises in the Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft—our annual mock draft that allows our commenters to take over and act as NFL general managers.
The real NFL Draft always seems to come with some early surprises, as well, and the source of many of those twists has often been the Las Vegas Raiders. This year, the Raiders hold the sixth overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, and that means we could be in for some shenanigans early on Day 1.
But in our Community Mock Draft, it’ll be up to commenter akumaizer to make sure Las Vegas makes the right and logical pick. Here’s a look at how the board has fallen thus far:
1. Titans: QB Cam Ward
2. Browns: QB Shedeur Sanders
3. Giants: WR/CB Travis Hunter
4. Patriots: WR Tetairoa McMillan
5. Jaguars: DT Mason Graham
With the sixth overall pick in the Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, the Raiders have selected…
Abdul Carter, edge defender out of Penn State.
Here’s akumaizer explaining the pick:
The Raiders have many holes to fill, but in this front office we believe in drafting top talent over need. And outside of Maxx Crosby and Brock Bowers, this team lacks high end players. If you have the chance to draft elite talent, you do it. EDGE might not be a big need with Malcom Koonce coming back on a one-year deal but it is only one year and he‘s coming off of knee surgery. A theoretical rotation of Koonce and the disappointing Tyree Wilson could work on the other side of Maxx, but it’s a risk and you just don’t pass up on a stud and on my board, Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter are 1 and 2.
Carter is an unbelievable complement to the all-world Crosby. Coming in at 6-foot-3, 250 pounds, he has amazing explosion and great bend that is destined to wreck offenses. Mahomes, Herbert, and Nix should be scared with these two coming at them. That he was also productive as an outside rushing 3-4 linebacker in college shows his versatility and ability to move him around. His pure athletic ability and relative inexperience as an edge rusher tells me that after only one year there, his ceiling is unknown. That is a scary concept. He plays with an aggressive style that will fit the Pete Carroll Raiders very well. Negative: he was charged with misdemeanor assault last year. I’m not going to excuse it and tow truck drivers are people who have jobs to do and all people deserve to be treated with respect. But there are levels when it comes to this type of charge and in my opinion this isn’t a big red flag for me.
Going into the draft I assumed that Hunter and Carter would be gone by 6. The most likely pick was Ashton Jeanty and a backup plan of Will Johnson. Thankfully the draft fell to Raider Nation. Just Win Baby!
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