Free enterprise is just over a week away and the Raiders are gearing up for what could be a very busy March.
GM Tom Telesco told reporters at the mix final week that he will have to lean extra on free organization in his first 12 months with the Raiders than he would like – and that’s an indication the Raiders are likely going to be greater energetic than standard in free agency.
As of now, the Raiders have simply over $40 million in cap room, however that will trade when Jimmy Garoppolo and Hunter Renfrow are released.
“If and when the Raiders reduce quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and receiver Hunter Renfrow, [the Raiders will] have about $62.4 million in cap space,” The Athletic’s Vic Tafur stated this week.
If they get to $62 million in cap room, the Raiders will have the fifth-most cap room in the league, according to Over the Cap. Only the Commanders ($91.5 million), Patriots ($88.7 million), Titans ($75.8 million), and Texans ($70 million) would have more.
The Raiders don’t have any apparent candidates to be cut (other than Garoppolo and Renfrow), however they do have several contracts that can be restructured to create cap room.
At the pinnacle of the Raiders’ plausible contracts to be restructured would be Kolton Miller and Maxx Crosby. Davante Adams should additionally shop the Raiders cap room with a restructure, but his future with the crew isn’t pretty as sure as Miller and Crosby.
Every indication is that the Raiders have no interest in trading Adams, but there is nonetheless a feeling that the Jets will make a ultimate provide for Adams that ought to be enough to make the Raiders assume twice.
