{"id":796110,"date":"2026-03-06T12:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/796110\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:32:28","slug":"as-free-agency-looms-raiders-roadmap-points-to-one-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/796110\/","title":{"rendered":"As free agency looms, Raiders’ roadmap points to one destination"},"content":{"rendered":"

So while reports have surfaced that Kubiak and Co. like some of the returners on the line – and really, what’s not to like about a healthy Kolton Miller, a healthy Jackson Powers-Johnson and the flashes shown by Caleb Rogers as a rookie? – new O-line coach Rick Dennison has to answer several self-scout questions first.<\/p>\n

Queries around, yes, scheme, fit and desire.<\/p>\n

Is JPJ a center or a guard? And that answer should determine where the Raiders go hunting in free agency. Because Tyler Linderbaum, a three-time Pro Bowler for the Ravens, is the crown jewel of centers in the free agent class. Linderbaum, 25, has yet to miss a game (though was inactive for two) in his four-year career and will be paid handsomely by someone for his services.<\/p>\n

Also, the entire Browns offensive line is hitting free agency, and eight-year veteran right guard Wyatt Teller, a three-time Pro Bowler, could be a fit.<\/p>\n

As the NFL Network\u2019s Chris Rose said<\/a>, “Teller is maybe the one guy you would want to look at.”<\/p>\n

Rose has added context and perspective, given he does play-by-play for the Browns preseason telecasts.<\/p>\n

“I would say that Wyatt Teller is the one guy who still might make sense,” Rose added. “He has been up and down, production-wise, but I would say that he’s probably better than what the Silver and Black have offered the last couple of years.”<\/p>\n

Gregg Rosenthal of the NFL Daily Podcast<\/a> had an intriguing idea for the Raiders \u2013 sign the Bills’ interior O-line of center Connor McGovern and left guard David Edwards in free agency.<\/p>\n

“They played next to each other, they communicated really well, they’re rock-solid starters,” Rosenthal said. “You’re definitely the only team, I think, with enough cap space and the need to just make it happen. With one-stop shopping, you solve a couple of positions there.”<\/p>\n

Sign two plug-and-play veterans on the O-line in free agency to add to the likes of Miller, Powers-Johnson, Rogers, DJ Glaze and Charles Grant, and maybe add one or two more such grunts in the draft and let Dennison get to work.<\/p>\n

It all starts up front. Nothing else matters if the QB, a No. 1 overall pick or a grizzled vet, can’t be protected, or a running back can’t even get started.<\/p>\n

That’s the map the Raiders should be following on this specific offseason cruise, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So while reports have surfaced that Kubiak and Co. like some of the returners on the line –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[103558,7,268,269,1744,393,2455,2454,5411,6,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-796110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-2026-free-agency","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-home-centerpiece","11":"tag-home-latest-stories","12":"tag-las-vegas","13":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","14":"tag-lasvegas","15":"tag-lasvegasraiders","16":"tag-news-free-agency","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116182250050418117","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796110","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=796110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}