<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-geno-smith-gets-2-year-contract-extension-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raiders’ Geno Smith gets 2-year, $85.5 million contract extension after trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Geno-Smith.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Raiders’ Geno Smith gets 2-year, $85.5 million contract extension after trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T12:27:57-07:00">April 3rd, 12:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T12:27:57-07:00">April 3rd, 12:27pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Las Vegas Raiders</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/raiders-news-shocking-geno-smith-trade-seahawks">Las Vegas Raiders traded for Geno Smith</a>, there was a good chance that the quarterback would <a href="https://x.com/RapSheet/status/1907872356011270578" rel="noopener">get a new deal</a>. After just a few weeks, the Raiders have decided to give the contract extension that he wanted, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.</p><p>“Sources: The Raiders and QB Geno Smith have agreed to terms on a new deal to better compensate him for his play after the blockbuster trade,” Rapoport wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “It’s a 2-year, $85.5M max value extension with $66.5M guaranteed for Geno Smith.”</p><p>Many thought that Smith would get around $40 million in his extension, and he got close to $43 million annually. There were also thoughts that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-rumors-45-million-mistake-tom-brady-wont-make-geno-smith">Raiders may not even try to extend Smith</a>, especially due to the fact that Tom Brady is in the building.</p><p>“They can franchise him twice, so why would they lock themselves into him unnecessarily?” an exec said via The Athletic’s Mike Sando. “Tom Brady is not going to rip it up and give him $45 million a year. They should go year to year.”</p><p>It looks like those rumblings turned out not to be true, and the biggest problem was when the deal might come, but it seems better that it happened sooner rather than later.</p><p>The Raiders seem to set a quarterback for the next few years, and now they can focus on what they want to do in the NFL Draft. With the No. 6 pick, the Raiders have a few options they can go with, but it almost depends on what teams ahead of them do. Someone like Shedeur Sanders could still be on the board and he can give the Raiders future stability at the quarterback position. The Raiders could also draft someone like Travis Hunter, who wants to play both sides of the ball.</p><p>It’s safe to say the Raiders have good problems, and they should be way more competitive than they were last season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raiders’ Geno Smith gets 2-year, $85.5 million contract extension after trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-rumors-45-million-mistake-tom-brady-wont-make-geno-smith');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raiders rumors: The $45 million mistake Tom Brady won’t make with Geno Smith');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Raiders-Tom-Brady.jpg"><figcaption>© Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Raiders rumors: The $45 million mistake Tom Brady won’t make with Geno Smith</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T10:45:17-07:00">April 3rd, 10:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T10:45:17-07:00">April 3rd, 10:45am</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Las Vegas Raiders</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Las Vegas Raiders <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6194650/2025/04/02/nfl-free-agency-2025-afc-execs-best-worst/" rel="noopener">made a big move</a> to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-geno-smith-reaction-raiders-seahawks-trade">acquire Geno Smith</a> in a trade with the Seattle Seahawks, and it was an important move to stabilize the team and establish a floor for the 2025 season.</p><p>“Getting Geno was as good as they could have done in their situation,” an exec said, via Mike Sando of The Athletic. “They aren’t getting a quarterback they feel confident in where they are picking in the draft (No. 6). They get a guy who has won.”</p><p>Executives around the league believe that the Raiders’ priority should be to build a strong defense to pair with Smith, who is a solid quarterback but does have some inconsistencies.</p><p>“I don’t know if the rest of the team is going to be reflective of Geno’s ceiling this year, but I think they will win 8-9 games even if they are good around him, because of his inconsistency,” an exec said, via Sando. “That goes up if they can build a top-five defense.”</p><p>The lingering question with Smith is whether or not he will sign an extension with the Raiders. Shortly after the trade, that was seen as close to an inevitability, but nothing has happened since. Another executive said that Tom Brady, who is involved with Raiders ownership now, will not want to lock the team into Smith long-term.</p><p>“They can franchise him twice, so why would they lock themselves into him unnecessarily?” another exec said, via Sando. “Tom Brady is not going to rip it up and give him $45 million a year. They should go year to year.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-rumors-insider-drafting-qb-after-geno-smith-trade">Acquiring Smith was</a> likely the Raiders’ best move at quarterback for the 2025 season, but he might not be the best option for 2026 and beyond. It will be interesting to see if Smith gets an extension, and how he fares in Las Vegas in 2025.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raiders rumors: The $45 million mistake Tom Brady won’t make with Geno Smith

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-pete-carroll-blunt-answer-geno-smith-contract-talks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raiders’ Pete Carroll drops blunt answer on Geno Smith contract talks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Raiders-news-Pete-Carroll-drops-blunt-4-word-answer-on-Geno-Smith-contract-talks.jpg"></figure><h1>Raiders’ Pete Carroll drops blunt answer on Geno Smith contract talks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-31T07:08:12-07:00">March 31st, 7:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-31T07:08:12-07:00">March 31st, 7:08am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Las Vegas Raiders</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Las Vegas Raiders have a new pair of head coach and quarterback, with Pete Carroll now at the helm of the job on the sidelines and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/seahawks-news-why-seattles-geno-smith-trade-is-being-universally-panned">Geno Smith as the projected starter</a> under center for the 2025 NFL season — and likely beyond.</p><p>Although Smith only has a year left on his current contract, which gives him a base salary of $14.8 million in 2025, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-rumors-whats-up-with-geno-smith-contract-insider-makes-guess">at least some expect that the Raiders will keep him longer via an extension</a>. While no such contract has been signed by the 34-year-old quarterback and Las Vegas, Carroll said that <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/pete-carroll-raiders-working-on-extension-for-geno-smith-want-him-long-term" rel="noopener">“we’re working on it,”</a> (h/t Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk).</p><p>Added Carroll: “Yeah, we’re working on it. G’s excited to get going, get started. He’ll be here when we get rolling. But we are working on it.”</p><p>Carroll is very much familiar with Smith and vice versa. After all, the two worked together during their time with the Seattle Seahawks for four seasons. It was with Carroll and the Seahawks that Smith, who was a second-round pick by the New York Jets in the 2023 NFL draft, got his pro career’s second wind.</p><p>In the two seasons as a regular starter in Seattle and under Carroll, Smith earned two Pro Bowl nods, while accumulating 7,906 passing yards and 50 touchdowns against 20 interceptions on a 67.4 percent completion rate from 2022 to 2023. Over the same span, the former West Virginia Mountaineers star signal-caller put together a <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitGe00.htm" rel="noopener">17-15-0 quarterback record</a>.</p><p>“He’s a great competitor,” Carroll said about Smith, who passed for 4,320 yards and 21 touchdowns against 15 interceptions on a career-best (as a regular starter) 70.4 percent completion rate in 2024 with the Seahawks.</p><p>“His conviction to believe in himself is why he is who he is. That’s why he’s stood through all of these challenges. He’s made it through it, and he’s ready to be on top of the world. He can do anything in this game,” Carroll added.</p><p>The Raiders are hoping that the duo of Carroll and Smith would key a turnaround for the franchise. Las Vegas has not made it to the NFL playoffs in each of the last three seasons. Moreover, the franchise has also not progressed past the wild-card round since it reached the Super Bowl in 2003 under then-head coach Bill Callahan.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raiders’ Pete Carroll drops blunt answer on Geno Smith contract talks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-rumors-whats-up-with-geno-smith-contract-insider-makes-guess');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raiders rumors: What’s up with Geno Smith contract? 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Insider makes ‘guess’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-03-26T11:45:56-07:00">March 26th, 11:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-03-26T13:23:02-07:00">March 26th, 1:23pm</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Las Vegas Raiders</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Las Vegas Raiders made a big move during the offseason, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/raiders-news-shocking-geno-smith-trade-seahawks">acquiring Geno Smith from the Seattle Seahawks</a>. It seemed like the Seahawks and Smith couldn’t come to an agreement on an extension, which led to them dealing the quarterback. Now, the plan is for the Raiders to try and find common ground with Smith, and some <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/why-giants-opted-to-sign-russell-wilson-over-aaron-rodgers" rel="noopener">think there’s been a holdup</a>, but it’s far from that, according to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated.</p><p>“I don’t think there’s a holdup. It’s more of just negotiation. I also don’t think the Las Vegas Raiders move to land Smith without a strong feeling they could find common ground on an extension,” Breer wrote. “The Seattle Seahawks, for their part, felt like they were doing Smith a favor with the trade in that Vegas had a better shot at doing a contract with him than Seattle did (they were <i>far </i>apart on the numbers at the end).</p><p>“But if you make me guess, I’d say the guarantees are probably what needs to be worked out.”</p><p>For the Raiders to trade for Smith shows that they knew about having to sign him to an extension, so there shouldn’t be any worries about whether they come to an agreement or not.</p><h2><b>What will a new contract look like for Geno Smith?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Geno-Smith_d9e1b0.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>When Smith was traded to the Raiders, it was expected that<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-what-geno-smith-wants-new-contract-after-trade"> he would get a new contract</a>. He’s looking for something that <a href="https://x.com/DMRussini/status/1898163637094641690" rel="noopener">will pay him</a> between $40-$45 million a year, now both parties just have to come to an agreement that makes sense. For Smith, he’s been playing some of the best football of his career over the past few seasons, but he also threw the third-most interceptions in the league last season, and he didn’t lead the Seahawks to the postseason.</p><p>Smith is also 34 years old, and it’s not certain if the Raiders want to commit that much money to him, especially if it’s a long-term deal. Nonetheless, there’s a good chance that they will come to an agreement, and they’ll be ready when the season starts.</p><p>The Raiders expect to have a different year than last season, and it started with hiring Pete Carroll as the head coach. They were able to sign Maxx Crosby to a big extension, and it’s evident that the goal is for them to compete. With the No. 6 pick in the NFL Draft, they’ll also have another chance to add top-tier talent to the team. As of now, it looks like the Raiders have a lot going for them, and they could be a big surprise to many depending on how they look going into Week 1.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raiders rumors: What’s up with Geno Smith contract? Insider makes ‘guess’

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He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Las Vegas Raiders</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Las Vegas Raiders have already had an eventful offseason. Las Vegas hired head coach Pete Carroll and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-shocking-geno-smith-trade-seahawks">traded for QB Geno Smith from the Seahawks</a>. Now <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/las-vegas-raiders-biggest-need-to-address-after-first-week-of-2025-nfl-free-agency">the Raiders’ biggest need approaching the 2025 NFL Draft</a> appears to be a playmaker on offense. But could the Raiders instead choose to select a quarterback?</p><p>One ESPN writer <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44306094/2025-nfl-free-agency-key-roster-additions-subtractions-goals-left" rel="noopener">believes it is a distinct possibility</a>.</p><p>“Will the Raiders draft a quarterback? Even though Smith gives the Raiders a chance to win games right away, Las Vegas could take a quarterback at some point in the draft to secure its future at the position,” ESPN’s Ryan McFadden wrote on Wednesday.</p><p>It is important to note exactly what McFadden wrote here. He did not claim that the Raiders had to use their first-round pick on a quarterback. Instead, he simply suggested that they could draft a quarterback “at some point” in the draft.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/2025-nfl-draft-order-prospects-targets">Raiders hold the sixth overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft</a>. This could put them in prime position to snatch up either Shedeur Sanders or Cam Ward, assuming one of them slips outside the top five.</p><p>However, there are plenty of other quarterback options in the middle and later rounds. Jaxson Dart, Quinn Ewers, and Jalen Milroe are just some of the options the Raiders could choose from after the first round.</p><h2><b>Field Yates pairs Raiders with Ashton Jeanty in recent 2025 NFL mock draft</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Ashton-Jeanty-1.jpg"><figcaption>© Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>If the Raiders don’t select a quarterback in the first round, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/nfl-rumors-insider-ashton-jeanty-soaring-mock-draft">Field Yates thinks they should pick Ashton Jeanty</a>.</p><p>Yates explained his rationale during Thursday’s episode of the First Draft podcast.</p><p>“Yeah, this was straightforward,” Yates said. “I want to say, the only thing about [Geno Smith] that I want to add to the conversation — and not to get too far into the cap minutia here, but — he’s got a $16 million roster bonus that’s due this weekend. If the Raiders want to avoid having all of that hit their 2025 cap — which would be logical on their end — they can get an extension done with Geno Smith. Let’s assume it’s a three-year deal for Geno. They’re not taking a quarterback at pick No. 6. Who do they have as their head coach now though? They have Pete Carroll. And who would he love more than anybody in his offense? I’m guessing Ashton Jeanty, who I have as the fourth overall player on my board. He is part of my tier one of prospects.”</p><p>Jeanty would instantly change the perception of Las Vegas’ offense. He also seems to pair nicely with the types of offenses Pete Carroll used to run in Seattle.</p><p>This pick should be a no-brainer for the Raiders if Jeanty is still on the board during April’s draft.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
7374.2	35.8	25.6	12

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
7374.2	35.8	25.6	12

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