Raiders Could Add Multiple Quarterbacks This Offseason

Mike Garafolo points out that the Raiders are set to make big decisions at the quarterback position and will likely add multiple and start their best option by the time the season rolls around.

Garafolo notes that when new HC Pete Carroll joined the Seahawks, the team traded for Charlie Whitehurst , signed Matt Flynn , and drafted eventual starter Russell Wilson in the third round.

New Raiders GM John Spytek has also said that he is on board with this approach, with Carroll adding that Tom Brady will be leaned on during the teams search for their next quarterback.

Carroll said that having Brady in the organization is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and the team will take advantage of his experience and expertise in finding their next franchise quarterback.

[I]ts our mission to build this football team up around the quarterback position.

This isnt the only spot, Carroll said, via PFT.

We happen to have the greatest of all time to help us, and to see clearly, and were going to lean on Tom as much as we possibly can for his insights because nobody has the insights that he has.

Hes that unique.

But the quarterback position is one of the positions on the team and weve got to make it all fit together well.

I had pretty good success with my quarterbacks in the past you can go all the way back to my college days and they all turned out to be really extraordinary members of our club.

Theres a way to embrace the challenge that the quarterback has from the rest of the football team as well.

We need to support our guy.

And we need to do what we can to make that work.

Its really about making a great football team around the quarterback position.

Coach [Bill] Walsh taught me a long time ago that its the hardest position in professional sports to play, so we need to make it as easy as possible.

And well go about doing that by running the football, protecting him, taking care of the ball, playing great defense, and kicking the football when we want to kick it.

So, theres a lot that goes into this.

But to think about how fortunate we are to have Tom Brady with us its just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Spytek called Brady the greatest football player of all time and noted that his intangibles and the way that he commanded a locker room are two important qualities that the team will look for in its next quarterback.

He was never out of a fight, Spytek said.

He was willing to do things that the ordinary football player, person wasnt willing to do.

Were going to turn over every stone to find that leader for this team, too.

Theres just going to be certain requirements for the job.

And it doesnt necessarily take the strongest arm or the best thrower, its the guys who will push their teammates to a place thats uncomfortable, that will give almost anything to win.

Thats what the best ones do, and were going to find one of those.

Carroll, 73, was hired as the Seahawks head coach back in 2010 and was in the role for 12 years.

He was previously the head coach at USC and had a stint in the NFL as the head coach of the Jets and Patriots in the late 1990s.

Since taking the job in Seattle, Carroll led the team to a record of 227-137-1 in 14 seasons to go along with 10 playoff appearances, two trips to the Super Bowl, and a championship in 2013.

Seattle and Carroll mutually agreed he would step down as head coach after the 2023 season and he remained in a consulting role.

From there, the Raiders hired Carroll as their next coach in January.

We will have more on the Raiders quarterback situation as it becomes available..

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