As pending Minnesota Vikings free agents, Sam Darnold and Aaron Jones could reunite in a different backfield next season.
Darnold's Pro Bowl season has made his expected price too high for the Vikings to keep him. Meanwhile, Jones is not guaranteed to be re-signed at the age of 30 with a deep running back draft class incoming.
The Pro Bowl duo could soon find themselves a new home together in the AFC West.
Pro Football Focus' Mason Cameron appraised the best fits for the top 15 offensive free agents and found the Las Vegas Raiders to be the "best fit" for Darnold and Jones.
"Despite pushing 30 years old and finding a new home, Jones continued to perform with an exceptional level of consistency in Minnesota, having never produced a regular season below a 75.0 PFF overall grade. Armed with a new career-high mark in rushing yardage (1,138), Jones again enters the market," Cameron wrote on Jan. 27.
"Given the success he found playing with Sam Darnold in the Vikings' backfield, it wouldn't be far-fetched to see the Raiders invest to bring that well-rounded production to Allegiant Stadium."
Last week, the Raiders hired former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll who may not be willing to wait to develop at two of the league's premiere positions.
Jones and Darnold drove a top-10 scoring offense in Minnesota this season and would bring needed chemistry to Las Vegas.
The Raiders have $92 million in cap space to spend, which is plenty to sign the duo.
