The Las Vegas Raiders' new leadership tandem of John Spytek and Pete Carroll was on a mission to overturn the roster ahead of the 2025 NFL season. Obviously, it will take more than one offseason to turn this franchise into a contender, but they have laid the proper pieces down in recent months.
Not only did the Raiders grab several promising young players in the draft, but they chose to save their money in free agency as well. Of course, this netted them a handful of underwhelming players on paper, particularly on defense, so the expectations were low for Las Vegas in Week 1.