{"id":43835,"date":"2025-05-12T09:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/43835\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:38:13","slug":"nfl-star-with-33m-in-career-earnings-lands-shock-lifeline-on-tom-bradys-las-vegas-raiders-after-entire-season-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/43835\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL star with $33m in career earnings lands shock lifeline on Tom Brady’s Las Vegas Raiders after entire season out"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE Las Vegas Raiders have signed Jaylon Smith after a weekend tryout.<\/p>\n

Smith, 29, has re-joined the franchise just under two years after being released by them.<\/p>\n

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Jaylon Smith is returning to Las VegasCredit: Getty\"Tom<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tom Brady owns a small percentage of the teamCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The veteran linebacker impressed at the Raiders<\/a>‘ rookie camp and has earned a contract, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n

Smith was a second round pick by the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n

He spent five seasons there and even made the Pro Bowl in 2019 after recording 142 tackles, nine passes defended and two forced fumbles.<\/p>\n

And as he tightened up the Cowboys defence for another campaign, the Indiana-born star was given a $58million contract by Jerry Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, a drop in form and fitness issues followed before Smith was eventually let go after not waiving his injury guarantee clause.<\/p>\n

The veteran has since jumped from team to team, spending time at the Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints<\/a> and the Raiders.<\/p>\n

Smith was in Vegas for less than two months and only featured in one game, making 2 tackles in 25 defensive snaps.<\/p>\n

He then went to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad but following his release was left without a team last season.<\/p>\n

But the Raiders, who Tom Brady<\/a> has a five per cent stake in, have now handed him a lifeline.<\/p>\n

Smith has supposedly pocketed $33m during his NFL<\/a> career so far.<\/p>\n

Tyreek Hill sparks controversy at Miami Dolphins after naming his top 5 NFL QBs – with no Tua Tagovailoa<\/p>\n

Las Vegas are coming off a disastrous 4-13 season, finishing bottom of the AFC West and failing to make the playoffs for the seventh time in eight years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE Las Vegas Raiders have signed Jaylon Smith after a weekend tryout. Smith, 29, has re-joined the franchise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525,578,1369],"class_list":{"0":"post-43835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-las-vegas","10":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","11":"tag-lasvegas","12":"tag-lasvegasraiders","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-raiders","15":"tag-section-sportamerican-football","16":"tag-tom-brady"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114494197537237181","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}