The Las Vegas Raiders are about to go through a major transition after the firing of general manager Mike Mayock. While interim head coach Rich Bisaccia still has a chance to earn the full-time job, it’s a lot less likely now that Mayock is gone. If the Raiders undergo a major coaching and front office overhaul, that will make quarterback Derek Carr’s future quite murky.
A lot still needs to happen but there could be some top quarterbacks available on the trade market. It appears possible that Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks could be headed for a divorce. Wilson was open to the idea of moving to the Raiders last offseason, per CBS Sports’ Jason La Canfora. Much of that had to do with him being a fan of Jon Gruden. The coach is gone now but the Raiders landing a big name like Jim Harbaugh, Doug Pederson or Sean Payton would likey lead to Wilson being interested again.
Carr has been a good quarterback for the Raiders but owner Mark Davis may want to take a big swing. According to NFL insider Mike Silver, Davis was very interested in trading for Wilson previously.
“My instincts tell me Mark Davis wants rockstar stuff in that stadium,” Silver said on The Colin Cowherd Podcast. “Mark Davis has a kind of Russell Wilson, not fixation, but he was kind of into that concept from what I was hearing. Mark Davis, I think, has felt ‘we can do better than Derek Carr.'”