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Draft Selections
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (LV)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Gabe Hall Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (LV)
Gabe Hall
DL Baylor
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (LV)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Raiders found their guy under center in McCarthy: B-.

The Raiders spent the pick that matters most on J.J. McCarthy, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape.

The cost of the Robinson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Fuaga value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 J.J. McCarthy
In the 13th pick they get a long-term answer under center, a steep price for the projection. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Taliese Fuaga
Somehow Taliese Fuaga was still sitting there in Round 2, Pick 12, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick77 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe in pick No. 77 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick112 Rnd4 Layden Robinson
Value said wait; Layden Robinson in the 112th overall pick says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick150 Rnd5 James Williams
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing James Williams in pick 150. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick190 Rnd6 Gabe Hall
They went early on Gabe Hall in slot 190, and the value did not follow. It fills a real need, too.
Pick234 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern at the Round 7 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.