The Las Vegas Raiders almost have their entire rookie class signed, besides a few players here and there.<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s a current phenomenon in the NFL. Second-round draft picks have been demanding that more, or all of their money, be guaranteed on their rookie deals. The Las Vegas Raiders seemed to have just dodged that bullet.<\/p>\n
They just announced that a few rookies have signed their contracts. Second-round pick and future starting safety Treydan Stukes<\/a> did not sign a contract with any guaranteed money, which is very surprising. However, this is a tremendous job from GM John Spytek. And, it helps the rest of the GMs massively.<\/p>\n Treydan Stukes\u2019\u00a0stats in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Stukes played outside CB, FS, and Nickel last season at Arizona.<\/p>\n 6 pass deflections (29 career PBs)<\/p>\n 52 tackles (1 TFL, but 12 total TFLs in career)<\/p>\n 4 interceptions (7 career INTs)<\/p>\n The Raiders won\u2019t be following recent NFL trend<\/p>\n If you\u2019re somewhat of a casual fan who doesn\u2019t really care to keep up with the contractual side of things, and you don\u2019t know how that works, let me help. First round picks have their contracts guaranteed, and now second round picks are asking for that.<\/p>\n You may think, \u201cHow can rookies, who haven\u2019t played a game yet, demand to have their contracts fully guaranteed?\u201d And, that\u2019s a great question. But we are entering an NFL world where players have much more power than ever before. Guys are not afraid to sit out and not play. <\/p>\n But if you allow second-round picks to get fully guaranteed money, then the cycle will never end. After that, it will be third round picks. Then the fourth round picks, and so on. Day 3 players just shouldn\u2019t have any guaranteed money on their deals.<\/p>\n Stukes\u2019 deal is a four-year contract worth just above $12 million. It\u2019s a good deal for the Raiders, especially with no guaranteed money. This is an example of a great job from Spytek, and kind of a bad job from Stukes\u2019 agent. Spytek is also showing other GMs that second-round picks should not get fully guaranteed deals.<\/p>\n And in return, any GM who made a second-round pick after pick 38, where Stukes was drafted<\/a>, has a legit argument to their employee and their agent that they should not have a guaranteed deal. This is kind of like when a GM signs a player to a deal that\u2019s lower than others, bringing the market back to where it should be. <\/p>\n
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