NFL executives and coaches have the questionable prediction for the Las Vegas Raiders and their important 2025 season

The Las Vegas Raiders have so many important decisions to make this offseason. And, it all starts with which pending free agents they want to bring back, and which they don't. Under this new regime, I can 100% say that all 20-odd-something unrestricted free agents will not be brought back. There could be a few, like Robert Spillane, Tre'Von Moehrig, Malcolm Koonce, etc.

So, there will obviously be plenty of cap space to go around for the Raiders this offseason, which means they will have plenty of cap space to make the most important decision of their entire offseason -- the quarterback decision.

It's no secret that the Raiders need a new quarterback. And, some NFL Executives and coaches around the league believe the Raiders will get their QB. But, it may not be the one, or the way, that fans originally thought they would get in 2025.

"At Pick 6, [the Raiders] are out of range for a quarterback unless they move up, which wouldn't be smart based on the amount of holes they have," a high-ranking personnel man of an NFL team said. "They need every pick. They have flexibility within the cap to get it done." 

Las Vegas is slated to have nearly $100 million in 2025 cap space, more than enough to pay a veteran passer. Most execs polled believe Darnold belongs in the Geno Smith/Baker Mayfield class of contracts, somewhere in the range of three years and $100 million. - Jeremy Fowler, ESPN

The Raiders do need a quarterback, yes. But, are we sure they want to go down this road again? Signing Darnold would be the same thing they have done the last two years. Sure, the difference there is that Darnold just had an elite year. But, that's one elite year in his entire career, where he was put in the right system for him with plenty of weapons around him with the Minnesota Vikings.