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In 2018 Charles Woodson Jersey , the Raiders were the worst team to own players on for fantasy football purposes. Outside of Jared Cook, nobody on the team was a consistent fantasy performer. Even Derek Carr, whose value..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesSilver And Black Pride homepageHorizontal - WhiteSilver And Black Pridean Oakland Raiders communityFollow Silver And Black Pride online:Follow Silver And Black Pride on TwitterFollow Silver And Black Pride on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchSilver And Black Pride main menuFanpostsFanshotsRaidersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Raiders should be fantasy-friendly in 2019New,35commentsPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Raiders should be fantasy-friendly in 2019TwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesIn 2018, the Raiders were the worst team to own players on for fantasy football purposes. Outside of Jared Cook, nobody on the team was a consistent fantasy performer. Even Derek Carr, whose value last year came from not throwing interceptions, was limited by a total lack of weapons. The Raiders also had a skeleton crew at running back and the worst defense in the league.This season, Oakland has the opposite situation. Cook is in New Orleans (where he should be a top fantasy option once again) but the Raiders should have an improved defense as well as an exciting rookie running back and possibly the best WR group in the league outside of Cleveland.We’re in the middle of May right now, and fantasy drafts will open up next month. The long, cruel offseason is nearly over. Here’s a look at a few Raiders players you may want to target, and where you should be doing so.Antonio Brown: Just a few seasons ago, Brown was considered the top overall fantasy pick in most drafts, especially PPR drafts. The latest you’d get him was around Pick 6. This year, you may be able to get Brown into the top of the second round. That’s not because he’s lost a step, because he hasn’t. It’s because Brown’s floor with the Steelers was so high, he was remarkably consistent. We don’t know yet how he’ll fit into the Raiders offense or if he’ll be able to put up the same type of monster numbers he usually does. Look for him as you make the turn from the first to the second round. If you’re unlucky enough to get last pick, Brown could be there waiting.Josh Jacobs: If you’re in a PPR league, Jacobs is exactly the sort of player you want on your team. He can get 16+ carries and catch several passes per game out of the backfield. If you happen to be in a dynasty league, Jacobs should be a top five pick. In a standard league, Jacobs should be a mid second round pick. He may not start off as a bellcow for the Raiders, but he should grab the majority of the carries as the season progresses, making him an ideal choice in the fantasy playoffs.Derek Carr: With the Raiders finishing 4-12 last year, people won’t remember the passing numbers Carr put up. He’s going to fall in drafts this season, making him an ideal candidate for a late-round value selection once your running backs and receivers are selected. I’d be so bold as to say Carr cculd go undrafted in many leagues. He’s a guy I’ll be targeting a lot if I miss out on guys like Mahomes, Wilson, or Rodgers.Raider defense: Oakland has upgraded every level of their defense this season, and they’re worth a look as a backup defense. They have some ballhawks in the secondary and could be adept at forcing turnovers. Target them in Round 14 or so, when your other needs are filled.Daniel Carlson: The Slammin’ Scandinavian was ultra-accurate for the Raiders last season and should rack up more points with an improved Oakland offense. He’s a perfectly capable starting kicker in fantasy this season. Make him your last pick.Other Raiders: By this I mean whoever wins the starting TE job, as well as Tyrell Williams and Hunter Renfrow. All of those guys (assuming Darren Waller wins the TE job) are good enough to be backups for you at their respective positions, so consider them in the late rounds. Doug Martin should also see plenty of action, but as long as Jacobs is healthy, I don’t even see him as a top handcuff option. If Jacobs goes down, then Martin becomes a priority waiver-wire pickup. Obviously, the Raiders currently have quite an arsenal of draft capital in order to address the holes on the team. However, the majority of fans tend to have bloated expectations for the players..."Obviously, the Raiders currently have quite an arsenal of draft capital in order to address the holes on the team. However, the majority of fans tend to have bloated expectations for the players their team will select in the draft. This goes for players selected not just in early rounds of the draft Willie Brown Jersey , but for those taken later on as well. Before getting into the details of what teams can expect from the players added to the team, let’s take a quick look at the draft picks the Raiders currently hold, which are as follows:Round 1, Pick 4Round 1, Pick 24Round 1, Pick 27Round 2, Pick 35Round 4, Pick 106Round 5, Pick 140Round 7, Pick 218Round 7, Pick 235Obviously that’s a lot of potential to draft impact players, with three first round picks. However, how much impact can first round picks truly be expected to have? In order to take a very high level overview of this question, I took a sample of 31 years of draft data looking at the expected outcomes based solely on draft round. Obviously, it’s difficult to compare draft picks across positions and as the game has evolved over the decades, so I’ve used career AV as the tool for this. AV has its strengths and weaknesses, but for a high level analysis simply attempting to understand what kind of players can be found in the various rounds of the draft, it’s a tool that can at least provide a decent level of high level guidance. For readers unfamiliar with AV and how it is calculated, an explanation can be found by following this link. The short version is that AV is an imprecise tool, but it is effective in allowing for players careers to be grouped into buckets in order to determine the likely distribution of outcomes for players. So, without wasting too much time on the specifics, here are the results of more than three decades of draft data based on draft round. Now, to breakdown what those three different AV buckets mean in terms representing actual on-field performance, here are some examples of players who fall into the various buckets for representative purposes. Darren Woodson: 108Tim Brown: 104Matt Millen: 67Nnamdi Asomugha: 62Derek Carr: 46Darren McFadden: 39Gabe Jackson: 27Rolando McClain: 26Justin Fargas: 19Menelik Watson: 11It’s readily apparent looking at the chart that the expected outcomes between the first round and the second round are not hugely different, and that explains why teams such as the Seahawks routinely trade back into the top of the second. It was nearly a decade and a half ago that researchers showed that the first picks in the second round were where the most value in the draft could be found, and the rookie wage scale only works to further enforce this value spot in the draft. Specifically, looking at a sampling of the salaries for players based on where they are drafted, the difference between financial obligations between the top of the first and the top of the second are stark. Add in that the financial guarantees at the top of the first are far, far greater than for either the late first of the first half of the second round, and the advantages of trading down show through even more. Specifically, those contracts at the top of the first round are fully guaranteed, meaning that regardless of whether a player taken at 1.4 plays themselves into the Hall of Fame discussion like Jonathon Ogden, Philip Rivers or Charles Woodson, or whether they are a massive bust along the lines of Art Sclichter, Gaines Adams or Aaron Curry, that contract is fully guaranteed. For cap and cash purposes, that is a big commitment on a player who is a flip of a coin regarding development into an impact player. Through this week I’ll be continuing this series by digging deeper into each of the draft picks the Raiders hold in order to gain a better understanding of what kind of expectations fans can realistically hold for the players they select in the draft this week.