The Las Vegas Raiders may have planned to go into the 2025 season knowing that they had an injured albatross in defensive tackle Christian Wilkins one year after he signed a four-year, $110 million contract to leave the Miami Dolphins, but Pete Carroll and John Spytek had other ideas.
The Raiders decided to release Wilkins, meaning that they paid a nine-figure sum for five games on the field. The stunning move, which will force Las Vegas to take on a hefty sum of guaranteed money still to be owed to Wilkins, was a move that stunned the rest of the NFL world.