HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders are finalizing a deal to rent Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant normal supervisor John Spytek as their new GM, sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday.
Spytek, 44, would be the Raiders’ fifth GM, together with interims, for the reason that workforce relocated to Las Vegas from Oakland in 2020, following Mike Mayock, Dave Ziegler, Champ Kelly and Tom Telesco.
Amongst Spytek’s first assignments might be hiring a brand new coach. The Raiders have already interviewed, both in particular person or just about, Pete Carroll, Ron Rivera, Robert Saleh and Vance Joseph, in addition to Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn. The Raiders have additionally been linked to Todd Monken. Johnson and Glenn have since been employed as the top coaches of the Chicago Bears and New York Jets, respectively.
Raiders proprietor Mark Davis has mentioned up to now he was not comfy in paring a first-time GM with a first-year coach.
Spytek and Raiders minority proprietor Tom Brady have been school teammates at Michigan in 1999 — Brady was the Wolverines’ senior quarterback, Spytek a freshman linebacker — and have been collectively in Tampa when the Buccaneers gained Tremendous Bowl LV.
As Raiders GM, Spytek inherits a first-team All-Professional tight finish in Brock Bowers however wants at quarterback and working again. Davis mentioned he anticipated Brady serving to in a QB choice in addition to serving to to coach that QB.
Spytek can even must cope with a number of starters on protection poised to hit free company, together with the likes of defensive ends Malcolm Koonce and Ok’Lavon Chaisson, linebackers Divine Deablo and Robert Spillane, cornerback Nate Hobbs and safeties Marcus Epps and Tre’von Moehrig.
The Raiders maintain the No. 6 draft decide in addition to an extra third-rounder from the Davante Adams commerce with the New York Jets. Plus, Las Vegas is projected to have greater than $108 million in wage cap area.
Spytek’s NFL profession started as an operations intern with the Detroit Lions in 2004 earlier than working as a participant personnel intern with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2005. He additionally labored for the Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos earlier than becoming a member of the Buccaneers in 2016 as their director of participant personnel. He was promoted to vice chairman of participant personnel in 2021 after which to assistant GM in 2023.
In his profession, he has labored with various top-level executives and coaches, together with Jason Licht, John Elway, Andy Reid, Mike Holmgren, Tom Heckert, John Harbaugh and Gary Kubiak.
