Raiders Add Record-Breaking QB to New Trade Proposal for Conditional Picks
It might not be necessary for the Las Vegas Raiders to search the NFL Draft for a prospective young quarterback to join the team. Numerous elite quarterback prospects will be unobtainable with the No. 13 pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
To give new general manager Tom Telesco more options, it would probably take a lot for the team to trade up for a higher pick. Getting in touch with the Chicago Bears regarding Justin Fields is one possibility. With the first overall pick, the Bears will have the opportunity to select the top quarterback prospect. Fields would probably still be in the lineup the following season if it were not for that.
The Bears, though, must seize the opportunity to sign Drake Maye or Caleb Williams. After outlining what the Bears would receive in exchange for Fields and a sixth-round pick going to the Raiders, CBS Sports made a trade proposal.
Trapasso wrote in a mock draft on January 25: “No. 77 overall (third-round pick), 2025 third-round pick that becomes a second-round pick if Fields plays 75% of the snaps and becomes a first-round pick if the Raiders make the playoffs in 2025.”
The Raiders would only have to risk two third-round picks if Fields did not pan out. Asking that much for a quarterback who has the potential to be a franchise player is not unreasonable. If the Raiders qualify for the playoffs in 2024, they would only have to forfeit a first-round pick; however, since that pick would be lower, this should not be enough to deter the team from considering a trade.
