The Raiders are now 2-5 on the season and the expectation is that they might sell off a few more players before the trade deadline.
The playoffs might be a pipe dream in Las Vegas, but there is still is a player that would make sense for the Raiders to go after ahead of the trade deadline.
If we’ve learned anything in the first seven games of the season, it’s that the Raiders don’t have a long-term solution at quarterback on the roster. With that being the case, GM Tom Telesco seems destined to take one of the top quarterbacks in the 2025 draft, and it would be wise for the organization to cast a wide net at the position even before the draft.
From now until the April, the Raiders need to do everything possible to find their quarterback of the future.
One option they should consider, if the price is right, is last year’s first-overall pick.
The Carolina Panthers are eventually going to move away from Bryce Young, and many believe the cost will be a fourth or fifth-round pick.
Are there reasons to not be enthusiastic about Young?
Sure, but there were once reasons to not like Tom Brady, too.
198 players taken ahead of Brady in the 2000 draft, and while no one is comparing Young to Brady, there is still hope for Young’s career. There’s a reason he was taken with the first-overall pick.
From the Raiders standpoint, they need someone else to consider at quarterback for the rest of the season, and Young would at least give them someone to think about.
A fourth-round pick to roll the dice on Young for the remainder of the season seems like a reasonable price to pay… and might spare the organization the wasted time of evaluating quarterbacks that have no chance at being the long-time solution at the most important position on the field.
