After missing out on Matthew Stafford, the Raiders are on to ‘Plan B’ at quarterback and no one seems to know what that’s going to be.
The Raiders have been linked to Sam Darnold and Russell Wilson in recent weeks, and now that he’s being released by the Jets, Aaron Rodgers could potentially be an option.
Not much is known about where the Raiders stand on Rodgers and the reason for that might be that the team still doesn’t know what they think of him.
According to Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press, it’s unlikely that Russell Wilson is going to land in Las Vegas and the Raiders are still working through their position on Rodgers.
#Raiders would be an option for Aaron Rodgers IF he could fit into offensive coordinator Chip Kelly’s system. A team official told me last week the staff hasn’t made that determination yet. The source also said a reunion between Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll is unlikely.
— Rob Maaddi (@RobMaaddi) March 6, 2025
Raiders insider Vinny Bonsignore said this week that he doesn’t believe Rodgers is the team’s no. 1 option at quarterback, but it sounds like the idea hasn’t been ruled out.
Rodgers still hasn’t committed to playing another year, but the popular belief around the league is that he’s coming back.
As far as Wilson is concerned, it has been reported by a few outlets in recent weeks that he isn’t likely to be reunited with Pete Carroll.
Most believe the Raiders will be strong candidates to take a quarterback early in the draft even if they spend $30+ million on a veteran quarterback in free agency or a trade.
For anyone who missed it, there are some who believe Shedeur Sanders has been angling to get to the Raiders and, in theory, that dynamic could have been a factor in why some teams felt Sanders was a little disinterested at the Combine last week.
“My gut feeling and this was kind of reading some tea leaves from scouts that I talked to during the season. He wants to go to Las Vegas with the Raiders,” CBS Sports analyst Chris Trapasso said on the Maggie and Perloff Show on Wednesday.
“His connection with Tom Brady, we know his dad’s history. His dad was kind of picking and choosing where he wanted to go when he was an NFL player and wasn’t shy about doing so,” Trapasso continued. “The fact that he maybe came off as arrogant or unprofessional, I mean it’s impossible to know really what happened without being in those rooms, but going into the combine there was a general sense that he had one or two teams picked out and I think priority no. 1 for the whole Sanders camp is to land with the Raiders.”
