Young Raiders' meteoric rise is making this veteran expendable

Tennessee Titans v Las Vegas Raiders | Brooke Sutton/GettyImagesThe Las Vegas Raiders' new leadership tandem of John Spytek and Pete Carroll was not exactly eager to keep a lot of players from last year's team in the building for the 2025 NFL season. They made it a point to reconstruct the roster this offseason with their personal vision in mind.

Of course, there were some exceptions to this rule, like stars Maxx Crosby, Kolton Miller and A.J. Cole, who all received extensions. But when it came to free agents, only a handful of players, headlined by Adam Butler and Malcolm Koonce, were given a spot on a new-look Las Vegas squad.

Unfortunately, neither Butler nor Koonce has lived up to the…