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New regime isn’t overly relying on familiar faces

Let’s take a quick look at how the 2025 Las Vegas Raiders’ current roster, built by the new regime of general manager John Spytek and head coach Pete Carroll, breaks down:

**2025 free agent signings:** 12

So, 25 of 53 players have been brought in by the new regime. That’s pretty standard around the league. New leadership always wants to out an immediate touch on a roster. So, it’s no surprise.

What does stand out, however, is Spytek and Carroll haven’t relied heavily on players they formerly coached as heavily as some new regimes do. We remember Patriots West of a few eaers ago, don’t we?

There are only five new players on the Raiders’ roster that have ties to either Carroll or Spytek. They are:

**Carroll ties:** Geno Smith, Jamal Adams, Stone Forsythe.

**Spytek ties:** Alex Cappa, Devin White.

I kind of like that their isn’t an over-saturation of familiar faces. Sometimes, that can be a lazy approach.

Sure, there is something to be said about familiarity and trust and that certainly played a role in the Raiders’ handing over their most important player decision to Smith this year.

But the Raiders added players form around the league and that appears to be a refreshing change.

That will naturally continue in future years as both Spytek, who came from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Carroll, a year removed from coaching the Seattle Seahawks, move further away from their former homes.

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