The Las Vegas Raiders are being linked to Russell Wilson in NFL free agency following the hiring of his former head coach Pete Carroll.

The Las Vegas Raiders may not be able to draft a quarterback in the 2025 NFL Draft but could add one in free agency.

At one point late in the regular season, the Raiders held the inside track to the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft and a restart with a franchise QB on a rookie contract. However, a couple of meaningless victories and a subsequent drop to the sixth overall selection took that option off the table.

The Raiders' search for a new head coach reached its conclusion Friday as former Seahawks and USC head coach Pete Carroll was hired by Las Vegas. Carroll must now execute the plan on which he sold Raiders leadership to rise from the depths of the AFC West to its peak.

The Las Vegas Raiders have a desperate need for a better starting quarterback, and now they're being urged to add a Pro Bowl solution.

Carroll enters his 31st season in the NFL, most recently spending 14 seasons as the Executive V.P. and Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks.

In the span of three days, the Las Vegas Raiders found their new general manager and new head coach. After hiring former Tampa Bay Buccaneers executive John Spytek on Wednesday, the Raiders tabbed former Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll as their new lead man on Friday.