A Las Vegas Raiders crew that seemingly lacks a reputable 2025 Week 1 beginning quarterback will quickly announce that it has employed former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll as its subsequent head coach.
Carroll may name present Pittsburgh Steelers QB1 Russell Wilson a few potential reunion in Vegas.
“With Pete Carroll taking on the Raiders, one identify I’ve heard to look at at QB: Russell Wilson,” The Athletic’s Jeff Howe reported on Friday. “They’ve mended fences, per supply, and Wilson could possibly be a stopgap whereas the Raiders develop a long-term reply.”
Carroll’s Seahawks chosen Wilson as a third-round choose within the 2012 NFL Draft. Collectively, the 2 guided the franchise to a pair of Tremendous Bowl appearances and one title till Wilson allegedly “made it clear he wished” a change after the 2021 season. It was reported that Wilson tried to get Carroll and Seattle general manager John Schneider fired earlier than the Seahawks formally traded the signal-caller to the Denver Broncos in March 2022.
Wilson and Carroll might have one another once more, if just for the 2025 marketing campaign.
Wilson publicly said earlier this week that his “aim is to be with the Pittsburgh Steelers a very long time and hopefully end my profession there.” Nonetheless, rumblings have suggested he did not have the perfect working relationship with Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Arthur Smith this previous season. Moreover, some Steelers insiders believe the crew may re-sign backup Justin Fields and let Wilson attain free company when the brand new league yr opens in March.
As for the Raiders, they want an marketed improve to the place over the likes of Aidan O’Connell, Desmond Ridder and Gardner Minshew. Even when Vegas makes a blockbuster commerce to maneuver up from the sixth general choose on this yr’s draft order to seize both Miami quarterback Cam Ward or Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, the Raiders will first search for a so-called “bridge possibility” in free company.
Assuming Howe’s data is right, Seattle followers who believed a number of years in the past that Wilson would take the ultimate significant snaps of his profession taking part in beneath Carroll could possibly be confirmed proper.
