Trading up into the top three is proving difficult for the Las Vegas Raiders so the team needs to consider other options if they want to add a quarterback in the draft. The team likely won’t have a chance to draft Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye but J.J. McCarthy could still be a possibility
However, the Raiders would still need to trade up if they wanted the Michigan star. Bill Barnwell of ESPN pitched a trade that would send Aidan O’Connell, the No. 13 pick and the No. 44 pick to the New York Jets for the No. 10 and No. 111 picks. In this scenario, the Raiders would take McCarthy.
“At the cost of a second-round pick, would the Raiders be willing to jump ahead of the Vikings and Broncos to land McCarthy? Neither team has a second-rounder in this draft to match Vegas’ offer,” Barnwell wrote in an April 18 column. “The Vikings have another first-rounder (No. 23), but would they really send it to move up one spot? (The Jets don’t have a second-rounder to send back, either.)
In this deal, New York GM Joe Douglas would get back a top-50 pick after sending a second-rounder to the Packers in the Rodgers trade last year. The Jets would also get a potential backup for Rodgers in O’Connell, who exceeded expectations in a hopeless situation a year ago. And frankly, while moving down three spots in Round 1, they still might be able to draft the same player they wanted at No. 10.”
