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The Las Vegas Raiders have officially wrapped up their offseason program after the team went through mandatory minicamp this week. However, head coach Antonio Pierce treated his players before signing off.

After the first two days of mandatory minicamp, Pierce decided to call off the third practice as a reward to his players. That means we won’t see the Raiders on the practice field until late July, when training camp begins.

While the offseason program certainly isn’t the end-all, be-all when it comes to the competitions up and down the Raiders’ roster, it did give us quite a bit of information for some of them.

And, with that information, we’re listing the players who came away as the biggest winners and losers from the offseason program.

Both head coach Antonio Pierce and wide receivers coach Edgar Bennett pointed to Tucker as one of the biggest standouts of the offseason. Meanwhile, we didn’t hear much of anything about his main competition for the No. 3 wide receiver spot, Michael Gallup and Jalen Guyton.

Loser: G Jackson Powers-Johnson

After suffering an injury during the first open practice of OTAs, Powers-Johnson wasn’t seen again until mandatory minicamp, where he was limited. While that was going on, veteran Cody Whitehair was getting the first-team reps at left guard.

Missing so much practice time is especially significant for a rookie, as that could slow JPJ’s development and leave him behind the 8-ball going into training camp. That doesn’t mean he won’t be ready to start by Week 1, but it does decrease his chances.

Bennett’s stiffest form of competition for the job opposite Jack Jones appears to be a career backup in veteran Brandon Facyson. But the second-year cornerback seemed to get more first-team reps in practice — and he made the most of his opportunities with a pair of interceptions in mandatory minicamp.

 

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