The Raiders have their new quarterback.
Las Vegas has acquired quarterback Geno Smith for a 2025 third-round draft pick to reunite him with former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll.
Smith is entering the final season of his three-year, $75 million contract, and the quarterback sought a new deal in the $45-million-a-year range.
The Raiders sought to improve upon their quarterback play after a 4-13 season that saw Gardner Minshew II and Aidan O’Connell share the bulk of snaps.
As a group, the team’s quarterbacks threw for a combined 3,797 yards and 19 touchdowns with an 82.4 rating, while the team had the fourth-worst scoring offense in the NFL (18.2 points per game).
They had flirted with Matthew Stafford as a potential option to take over as signal-caller before he decided to remain with the Rams on a restructured deal.
Now, the Raiders get Smith, who revived his career in Seattle, where the quarterback played for five seasons, four of which came with Carroll — who was hired as Raiders head coach this offseason — at the helm.
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