While the first round of the NFL Draft hasn’t been kind to the Raiders over the last two decades, they’ve hit big on several players later in the draft. Even in recent years, they’ve struck gold with Maxx Crosby, Hunter Renfrow, and Nate Hobbs, all of who were drafted on Day 3.
But which pick has been their best outside of Round 1 over the last 15 or 20 years? Well, that answer is pretty obvious.
In a recent article by Michael Renner of Pro Football Focus, he named each team’s best value selection since 2006. And for the Raiders, that was none other than Derek Carr in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. Here is what Renner had to say about that selection:
