With the Las Vegas Raiders off to a 1-4 start in the 2025 NFL season , questions surrounding veteran quarterback Geno Smith ’s future with the team are beginning to surface. According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano, the organization may consider moving on from Smith after just one season under center.

In a joint report published ahead of the league’s Week 6 matchups, Fowler described the Raiders as being caught between two conflicting timelines — one of long-term rebuilding under new general manager John Spytek and another geared toward immediate results under head coach Pete Carroll.

“The Raiders are operating in a weird space between rebuilding and trying to win now, and those two worlds appear in conflict,” Fowler wrote. “New general manager John Spytek took over a def

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