Every roster evaluation begins the same way and ends differently. The easy part is listing young players. The harder, more honest exercise is identifying which of them are truly part of the long-term core, and which are simply passing through the timeline.
For the Las Vegas Raiders, that distinction is becoming clearer as the organization moves into a period of transition. A head coaching search is underway. The No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft is looming. A quarterback selection feels inevitable, whether that name ends up being Dante Moore out of Oregon or Fernando Mendoza from Indiana.