The Las Vegas Raiders are obviously focused on deciding who will be playing quarterback for them next season, which is entirely understandable.
After all, quarterback is the most important position in all of sports, and the Raiders simply do not have an answer there at the moment.
However, Las Vegas also has plenty of other needs to address, including filling some glaring holes that will make life much easier for whoever is under center in 2025.
One of those holes is the wide receiver position, as the Raiders have Jakobi Meyers and not a whole lot else there after trading Davante Adams back in October.
Las Vegas is loaded with cap space, but the problem is that the free-agent market is rather thin on top-level receivers.
Tee Higgins seems bound to stay with the Cincinnati Bengals, and Chris Godwin is coming off of a very severe injury. That leaves some past-their-prime veterans and a few interesting guys with potential, but nothing that screams "elite."
As a result, the Raiders may have to turn to the trade market for a solution, and there is one wide out that has become a central figure in NFL trade rumors right now: Seattle Seahawks star D.K. Metcalf.
Corbin Smith of Emerald City Spectrum has reported that the Seahawks are engaging teams in trade discussions for Metcalf, with the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers being named. There is also a third mystery team that ha been talking to Seattle.
Could that team be the Raiders? If it isn't, general manager John Spytek needs to get on the phone.
Metcalf is a bona fide No. 1 who would instantly boost Las Vegas' offense and put Meyers back into the No. 2 role, where he is most effective. As good as Meyers was in 2024, he isn't an ace receiver. Let's also remember that Pete Carroll is very familiar with Metcalf from his Seahawks days.
The Raiders may be able to bag Metcalf by trading a second-round pick and maybe another asset or two to Seattle, and if that's all it takes, Las Vegas should pull the trigger.
The one caveat is that Metcalf is preparing to enter the final year of his contract, but that shouldn't be an issue for a Las Vegas squad teeming with financial resources.
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