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O’Connell has played fairly well since taking over and that has led some to think he could be a candidate to start in 2025, but he’s hardly a locked-in solution moving forward.

Las Vegas’ hopes of landing one of the highest picks in the 2025 NFL Draft to get its quarterback have gone by the wayside. Thanks to two straight wins, the Raiders have fallen from No. 1 in the draft order, to No. 8 entering Week 18.

That figures to be out of the range of the top signal-callers in this year’s class, and the Raiders could still fall further in the final week of the season, with No. 10 being their lowest possible landing spot.

It’s looking more and more like the Raiders will have to figure out a different way to get their quarterback of the future. One possible avenue that has been speculated about is a trade for Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who was the No. 10 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

McCarthy suffered a knee injury in August that ended his 2024 campaign before it started, but he’s expected to make a full recovery. Since then, veteran quarterback Sam Darnold has been a revelation, and it remains very possible the Vikings will want to keep him around beyond 2024.

That has led to speculation that the Vikings could maybe trade McCarthy, although no reports have confirmed that to even be a possibility. Even still, ESPN’s Adam Schefter recently touched on what it would cost to trade for McCarthy.

“Now they may say [they] don’t and that’s the end of it, but do I think teams will explore that option,” Schefter said of a trade for McCarthy.

“Absolutely, 100 percent. Because J.J. McCarthy would’ve been a top, if not the top, quarterback prospect in this draft,” Schefter added. “If the Vikings decide that they wanted to trade him, which I don’t know that they will, I believe they would get back everything they put into him and then some. It would be a [first-round pick] and then some.”

Trading for McCarthy would give the Raiders the young, potential franchise signal-caller they need, but there is a ton of risk with the Michigan product.

Not only has he never played a down in a regular season game, he’s coming off a significant knee injury. There is no telling what the rookie would offer as a starter, and that fact is more troublesome when you consider it may take a first-round pick and more to acquire him.

Ideally, if the Raiders were to trade for McCarthy and a first-round pick and more is the actual cost, Las Vegas giving up a future first-rounder rather than the No. 8 overall pick would be the way to go. If the Raiders do give up this year’s first-rounder in a package, they better get Minnesota’s 2024 first-round pick back.

While this is all fun to talk about, there has been no indication that the Vikings are ready to deal McCarthy and stick with Darnold. But if the veteran quarterback helps Minnesota make a deep playoff run, it becomes much more possible.

Before they go home for the year, the Seattle Seahwks have one more game to play this season. On Sunday afternoon they’ll visit the division rival Los Angeles Rams, who just clinched an NFC West championship and ended Seattle’s playoff hopes. While the postseason is out of reach, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to play for – even if the Rams are going to start Jimmy Garoppolo and the rest of their backups.

For one thing, there’s a lot of money on the line in potential bonuses for head coach Mike Macdonald and his players. Macdonald told reporters earlier this week he’ll be playing his starters in an effort to get that 10th win of the season. That means instead of seeing what Sam Howell can do with a full week as QB1 they’ll start Geno Smith, who has more on the line than anybody else.

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Thanks to the structure of the three-year contract extension he signed, Smith stands to make up to $6 million in bonuses based on what happens in this one game. Here’s how it breaks down, according to Jack MaGruder at Forbes.

Geno Smith potential Week 18 bonuses

• Seahawks 10th win of the season: $2 million payout
• Total 186 passing yards: $2 million payout
• Season completion rate over 69.755%: $2 million payout

All of these are well within reach, especially the first one with Garoppolo playing the part of Matt Stafford this week. Smith needs the 186 yards to bring his total on the year above his career-high 4,282 passing yards. He has averaged 256 per game on the year, so that’s easily obtainable as well. For the moment his completion rate is 70.2% on the year, so he’d have to miss a lot of passes to drop below the payout mark.

We’re sure Smith wants to play and earn these bonuses, but if it were our call we’d go a different route. The Seahawks should pay Smith all three (they can afford it) as a reward for his work these last three seasons. They should also sit Smith in favor of Sam Howell this week.

Resting Smith for the season finale has several advantages. For one thing, Seattle gets the value of self-scouting a full game for Howell – which could be critical for their long-term plans at quarterback. For another, the move protects Smith from injury while playing behind a shoddy offensive line. Sitting Geno also keeps him healthy for Week 1 of the 2025 season if they plan to keep him. It also protects Smith’s trade value, if that’s a route the Seahawks decide to consider.

Mitchell has put together one of the best seasons from a rookie cornerback we’ve ever seen, consistently locking down the opposing team’s WR1 for one of the NFL’s best defenses. The Pro Bowl can be a popularity contest, so a first-year corner with zero interceptions will always face an uphill climb. But Eagles fans have a serious gripe with Mitchell, who enters Week 18 with just 40 receptions allowed on 69 targets in 611 coverage snaps, per PFF.

The cornerbacks selected over Mitchell for the NFC roster include Jaylon Johnson of the Chicago Bears (4-12), Jaycee Horn of the Carolina Panthers (4-12), Bryon Murphy of the Minnesota Vikings (14-2), and Devon Witherspoon of the Seattle Seahawks (9-7). It’s possible that three of those guys won’t be playing in the playoffs this season, and Murphy has spent the majority of his reps inside, though he has picked off six passes for the Vikings.

With comparable coverage stats to all of these players, Mitchell has a case to be the biggest overall snub in the NFL this season.

LT Jordan Mailata
The only case for leaving Mailata off the NFC roster this year is games played, as a midseason hamstring injury forced him to miss four weeks. But in the 12 games he’s been on the field this season, Mailata has been the best left tackle in football.

Mailata is PFF’s highest-graded tackle in 2024, and it isn’t even close. In 406 pass-blocking snaps, he has allowed just one sack and one QB hit. Philly’s offensive line was well represented (see the full NFC roster below), with right tackle Lane Johnson, center Cam Jurgens and left guard Landon Dickerson all selected to the NFC roster. Mailata not joining them is a major miss.

WR A.J. Brown
Brown missed three games at the beginning of the season with a hamstring injury. Couple that with the most run-heavy offense in the NFL, and the stats just weren’t going to stack up for Pro Bowl voters this season. Dig a little deeper, though, it’s almost preposterous that Brown isn’t on the NFC’s Pro Bowl roster.

He was the MVP of Philly’s passing game, as the offense was a complete mess with him out of the lineup from Weeks 2 through 4. He’s only been targeted 97 times this season, tied for 37th in football, but he’s still managed to average 16.1 yards per reception, surpass 1,000 yards receiving and score seven touchdowns.

Brown has been among PFF’s highest-graded overall players this season, with a 90.9. He’s been a dominant force all season, has carried Philly’s passing game and has a legitimate case for the Pro Bowl, despite those missed games.

The guards in the NFC are Landon Dickerson, Chris Lindstrom and Tyler Smith. Dickerson and Smith are the starters. Jenkins was named as a first alternate according to The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman.

Jenkins is more than deserving of a roster spot in the Pro Bowl for the NFC. ESPN’s Bill Barnwell projected Jenkins to be a Second Team All-Pro. The two guards he selected for the First-Team All-Pro roster were AFC guards Joe Thuney of the Kansas City Chiefs and Quenton Nelson of the Indianapolis Colts.

Dickerson has a better run blocking grade than Jenkins, but has allowed four more sacks and committed just one less penalty. He is still a great player, but a case can be made that Jenkins is better than him. Tyler Smith has also allowed more sacks than Jenkins and has committed the same number of penalties.

There has been a ton of speculation about Glenn possibly being hired by the New Orleans Saints, a team he previously coached and played for. However, Charlie Campbell of Walter Football is hearing that Glenn has his eye on the New York Jets.

“Aaron Glenn is said to want the (Jets) job,” Campbell reported.

Glenn was a first-round pick (No. 12 overall) of the Jets in 1994 and spent eight years with the team, earning a pair of Pro Bowl nods in the process. Glenn was always well-liked in New York and is quite familiar with owner Woody Johnson.

While the Jets have a messy situation on their hands currently thanks to the Aaron Rodgers debacle, they are in a better spot than the Saints for the long term.

New York is projected to have $31.3 million in cap space in 2025, per Over the Cap, while the Saints are predicted to be $65.6 million OVER the cap. In 2026, the Jets’ projection goes up to $86.4 million, while the Saints come in at $52 million.

However, with the Saints having a lot of work to do to get under the cap in 2025, that number could go down if New Orleans is forced to push money into future years like it has been doing.

Having the kind of cap situation the Saints will have for next year and quite possibly beyond would create a steep mountain for Glenn to climb and it could derail his tenure there entirely.

Now, the Jets are the Jets and they inherently come with risk, but in this particular case, they are better positioned with talent and cap space than the Saints, making them a better landing spot for Glenn.

Fries was soon ruled out for the rest of the season, but Week 5 should not be the last time the Penn State alum puts on a Colts uniform if the Indianapolis front office has its priorities in check.

In Bleacher Report’s weekly analysis addressing all 32 NFL teams’ biggest needs, its scouting department wants to see the Colts re-sign Fries before he hits the open market.

“Will Fries’ injury was one of the most disappointing developments for the Colts. It wasn’t ideal for him, either. The 26-year-old guard was in a contract year and could have cashed in if he was able to put together another good season. Even so, he’s going to be able to secure a lucrative contract. He graded out as the fourth-highest-graded guard in the league by PFF and has plenty of prime left to come back from the broken tibia that cost him this season,” wrote Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report. “The Colts would be wise to lock Fries in on a long-term deal before he actually hits free agency.”

Indianapolis’ front office will not be able to scrounge its cap space in 2025 if it wants to retain key free agents, such as Fries, Kelly, linebacker E.J. Speed, defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo and safety Julian Blackmon.

However, Fries should be among the chief priorities amongst all incoming Colts free agents. Although coming off a severe leg injury will not help Fries’ upcoming free-agent market, he has only been penalized 12 times in 31 career starts.

His youth, relative to the other Colts offensive linemen, should also put him in a prime position to secure a solid contract this offseason. While it could be a foregone conclusion that Indianapolis plans to let the soon-to-be 32-year-old Kelly walk in free agency, Fries has the best chance to provide longevity on the Colts’ offensive line.

He will only be 27 next season, which would make him the second-youngest starter for Indianapolis if the soon-to-be 24-year-old Matt Goncalves retains a starting role alongside Braden Smith (29 in 2025), Nelson (29 in 2025) and Bernhard Raimann (27 in 2025).

According to Over The Cap, the Colts are expected to have around $49.77 million in salary-cap space and $34.78 million in effective salary-cap space — both 17th in the NFL — entering the 2025 offseason.