The AFC West got a lot more competitive in the 2025 offseason when the Las Vegas Raiders brought Pete Carroll out of retirement to be their head coach, and followed up that move by trading for Geno Smith and drafting Ashton Jeanty. You could argue nobody made more substantial upgrades to their backfield in the entire NFL this offseason. But the Denver Broncos might not have anything to really fear, because the Raiders could potentially have the worst defense in the NFL in 2025.
And they just made a head-scratching trade to potentially make it even worse.