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J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (LV)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (LV)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (LV)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (LV)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
DeWayne Carter Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (LV)
DeWayne Carter
DT Duke
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (LV)
J.C. Davis
OL New Mexico
Draft Grade — Raiders
Overall C+
ValueD+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A passer of the future in McCarthy, and a C+, for the Raiders.

The search is over. The Raiders handed the keys to J.J. McCarthy, and the whole operation now runs on his development. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

Reaching for Davis left real value on the table behind him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 J.J. McCarthy
In pick No. 12 they get the arm they will build around, though the board says they badly overpaid.
Pick44 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
A premium they did not need to pay, Quinyon Mitchell a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick76 Rnd3 Michael Hall Jr.
They jumped the gun on Michael Hall Jr., taking him earlier than his grade liked. It fills a real need, too.
Pick112 Rnd4 Devontez Walker
Value with a capital V on Devontez Walker in Round 4, Pick 12, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick149 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
They paid sticker price for Billy Bowman Jr. in No. 149, and that is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick190 Rnd6 DeWayne Carter
DeWayne Carter at the 190th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick233 Rnd7 J.C. Davis
J.C. Davis in slot 233 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.