Predicting the NFL Draft is never an exact science, as 2025 proved near-perfectly. For example, no expert or fan guessed that Shedeur Sanders was going to fall down draft boards as much as he did, landing with the 144th overall pick to the Cleveland Browns.

Each and every year, teams see NFL draft prospects they love snatched from them before they can make the pick, and that's exactly what happened to the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers, courtesy of the Las Vegas Raiders.

Austin Boyd has covered the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Lakers for Heavy.com since 2019. A Los Angeles native now based in Las Vegas, his featured work at Heavy includes interviews with NFL stars Darren Waller and Joe Montana, and a behind-the-scenes look at "The Shop." More about Austin Boyd