{"id":9007,"date":"2025-11-15T02:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T02:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/raiders-tabbed-to-add-patrick-mahomes-favorite-qb-to-fix-geno-smith-mistake-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T02:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T02:10:11","slug":"raiders-tabbed-to-add-patrick-mahomes-favorite-qb-to-fix-geno-smith-mistake-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/?p=9007","title":{"rendered":"Raiders Tabbed to Add Patrick Mahomes\u2019 Favorite QB to Fix Geno Smith \u2018Mistake\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With a 2-7 record, in last place in the AFC West with the playoffs effectively out of the picture for the fourth year in a row, and eighth in the last nine, the Las Vegas Raiders season is not turning out the way they planned it when they took on legendary future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady as a minority owner, and hired another likely Hall of Famer, Pete Carroll, as head coach.<\/p>\n

Obviously, there are a multitude of reasons why any season turns out to be a failure. But in the Raiders\u2019 case fingers are pointing at the quarterback, 35-year-old Geno Smith, who followed Carroll to the Raiders from the Seattle Seahawks\u00a0thanks to an offseason trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn paper, the move gave Las Vegas the best quarterback in years. However, nine games into the regular season, it is evident the move did not work out,\u201d\u00a0wrote\u00a0SI.com<\/em>\u00a0analyst Ezekiel Trezevant following the Raiders drab 10-7 loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 10. \u201cSmith has played a significant role in the team\u2019s struggles, although he was brought in to help eliminate many of those same struggles. The Raiders have once again fallen victim to an high-paid veteran quarterback on the back end of his career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Case Keefer of the\u00a0Las Vegas Sun<\/em>\u00a0called the acquisition of Smith \u201ca costly mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the Raiders restructured his contract to allow for a bigger bonus with a smaller cap hit, Smith ranks as the NFL\u2019s sixth highest-paid player with a $40 million salary this season,\u201d\u00a0Keefer wrote before the dispiriting\u00a0Denver defeat. \u201cSmith has responded by being the No. 32 ranked quarterback in the league by expected points added (EPA) per play among those who have taken 100 snaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

After nine games, Smith has\u00a0thrown 12 interceptions, already the fourth-highest total of his 12-year career, and the Raiders still have eight games to play. His passer rating of 81.4 is down from 93.2 last year, his final season in Seattle, and 100.9 just two years before that.<\/p>\n

There doesn\u2019t seem to be anything the Raiders can do about Smith this season, short of benching him in favor of back Kenny Pickett, a\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers first-round\u00a0draft pick in 2022 who never lived up to his promise.<\/p>\n

But next season, according to new mock draft published\u00a0Thursday by the\u00a0Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/em>, the Raiders are predicted to take the Oregon quarterback who no less an authoritative source than\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0three-time Super Bowl winner\u00a0Patrick Mahomes has called\u00a0\u201cmy favorite quarterback to watch in college.\u201d<\/p>\n

That would be the Ducks\u2019 third-year sophomore signal-caller Dante Moore, who in his first full season as a starter has so far led Oregon to\u00a0an 8-1 record and No. 7 ranking in the AP poll.<\/p>\n

Completing 158 of his 224 pass attempts, the 6-foot-3, 206-pound Moore is ranked No. 2 among quarterbacks eligible for the 2026 draft by\u00a0the scouting site\u00a0NFL Draft Buzz<\/p>\n

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<\/em>, with an overall player rating off 88.9 on a scale of 100.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoore has been another breakout player at the quarterback position this year,\u201d wrote the\u00a0Plain Dealer<\/em>\u2018s Tim Bielik. \u201cHe has mobility, tremendous poise and can make things look effortless. Moore may be inexperienced, but his tools make him an intriguing option for a Raiders team that hasn\u2019t gotten good play out of Geno Smith this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bielik sees the Raiders picking sixth, and taking Moore as the\u00a0third of three straight quarterbacks\u00a0taken. According to Bielik\u2019s predictions, the Cleveland Browns will take Indiana\u2019s Fernando Mendoza with the fourth pick in Round One, followed by Alabama\u2019s Ty Simpson who goes to the\u00a0New York Jets.<\/p>\n

As of this week, the Raiders\u00a0do in fact occupy the No. 6\u00a0draft slot.<\/p>\n

The Denver Broncos received tough news Friday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As NBC Sports noted, NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport reported that running back\u00a0J.K. Dobbins\u00a0will amiss Sunday\u2019s matchup against the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0due to a significant foot injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rapoport added that Dobbins is \u201cbelieved to be out for the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n

His placement on injured reserve remains a real possibility as the team evaluates its options.<\/p>\n

\u201cDobbins is still working through options, and while there is no final determination, IR remains a possibility,\u201d Rapoport said.<\/p>\n

The report came from himself and Tom Pelissero.<\/p>\n

The development marks a quick escalation from earlier in the week, when Dobbins missed Wednesday and Thursday\u2019s practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At that point, the team had not revealed the full severity of the injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dobbins\u2019 injury stems from a hip-drop tackle last Thursday against the\u00a0Raiders, a play that left him frustrated enough to take to X and call for the move to be banned.<\/p>\n

Dobbins ranks fifth in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0with 772 rushing yards and has been a huge part of Denver\u2019s offense so far this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Dobbins has officially been ruled out for Week 11, the next major decision comes quickly.<\/p>\n

The Broncos must determine by Saturday afternoon whether to place him on injured reserve.<\/p>\n

If he is moved to IR before Sunday, the Chiefs game will count toward a required four-game absence.<\/p>\n

Placing Dobbins on IR would sideline him for matchups against the Chiefs,\u00a0Commanders, Raiders, and\u00a0Packers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He would be eligible to return Week 16 against the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n

Head coach Sean Payton acknowledged that discussions are ongoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing has been decided yet, and at some point there will be more clarity with him and some of these other players,\u201d Payton said earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Denver\u2019s Week 12 bye gives the team a small cushion, but if the injury is significant enough to keep him out multiple weeks, the IR designation becomes more likely.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith JK Dobbins potentially headed to Injured Reserve, all eyes turn to RJ Harvey,\u201d Rapoport said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

RJ Harvey\u00a0has already flashed his dynamic potential in limited work.<\/p>\n

Payton praised Harvey\u2019s running style, durability, and readiness to step into a larger role:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we drafted him, it was his running skillset, and he had a lot of touches at Central Florida,\u201d Payton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are starting to see him grow in front of our eyes, and he will have more opportunities in this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyler Badie\u00a0will likely mix in as a third down guy, while\u00a0Jaleel McLaughlin\u00a0could be active as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s divisional matchup against the Chiefs carries major playoff implications for both teams and Harvey has a huge opportunity to step up and flourish in the RB1 role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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