The Las Vegas Raiders made quite the gamble this offseason when they parted ways with all five of their starters from the previous year's secondary. Head coach Pete Carroll was supposed to be a savant with defensive backs, but the results have been fairly mixed during the 2025 NFL season.
Eric Stokes has enjoyed a resurgence at cornerback, and safety Jeremy Chinn is proving to be a free agency steal. But Isaiah Pola-Mao has played the worst football of his career in a true free safety role, and Kyu Blu Kelly's issues continued to mount at cornerback opposite Stokes.