The Las Vegas Raiders continued to make roster moves Friday as they prepare for the start of the new league season starting next week.
Friday morning, ESPN reported the Raiders will release 2025 starting quarterback Geno Smith when the new league year starts Wednesday if he is not traded by then. Friday afternoon, Las Vegas released one of the men in charge of protecting him as they said goodbye to interior offensive lineman Alex Cappa.
Like Smith, Cappa’s release was not a surprise.
Cappa spent one
seoans with the Raiders. they signed him shortly before free agency after he was cut by Cincinnati. Cappa and Las Vegas general manager John Spytek were in Tampa Bay together. Cappa and Raiders’ part owner Tom Brady won a Super Bowl together with the Buccaneers.
Cappa didn’t have a great season for the Raiders. He played in all 17 games with eight starts. He signed a two-year, $11 million deal with a $2 million signing bonus. He had a salary-cap number of just over $6 million for 2026. He has $1 million dead dead cap money for this season.
The Raiders are expected to sign one or two starting-caliber offensive lineman in free agency.
In other offensive-line news, the New England Patriots traded center Garrett Bradbury to the Chicago Bears on Friday. The Bears were expected to be one of the Raiders’ competitors for top free-agent center Tyler Linderbaum of Baltimore. Perhaps New England will now get in that mix.
