Las Vegas Raiders GM John Spytek just did the rest of the general managers around the NFL a massive favor

The Las Vegas Raiders almost have their entire rookie class signed, besides a few players here and there.

There’s a current phenomenon in the NFL. Second-round draft picks have been demanding that more, or all of their money, be guaranteed on their rookie deals. The Las Vegas Raiders seemed to have just dodged that bullet.

They just announced that a few rookies have signed their contracts. Second-round pick and future starting safety Treydan Stukes did not sign a contract with any guaranteed money, which is very surprising. However, this is a tremendous job from GM John Spytek. And, it helps the rest of the GMs massively.

Treydan Stukes’ stats in 2025

Stukes played outside CB, FS, and Nickel last season at Arizona.

• 6 pass deflections (29 career PBs)
• 52 tackles (1 TFL, but 12 total TFLs in career)
• 4 interceptions (7 career INTs)

The Raiders won’t be following recent NFL trend

If you’re somewhat of a casual fan who doesn’t really care to keep up with the contractual side of things, and you don’t know how that works, let me help. First round picks have their contracts guaranteed, and now second round picks are asking for that.

You may think, “How can rookies, who haven’t played a game yet, demand to have their contracts fully guaranteed?” And, that’s a great question. But we are entering an NFL world where players have much more power than ever before. Guys are not afraid to sit out and not play.

But if you allow second-round picks to get fully guaranteed money, then the cycle will never end. After that, it will be third round picks. Then the fourth round picks, and so on. Day 3 players just shouldn’t have any guaranteed money on their deals.

Stukes’ deal is a four-year contract worth just above $12 million. It’s a good deal for the Raiders, especially with no guaranteed money. This is an example of a great job from Spytek, and kind of a bad job from Stukes’ agent. Spytek is also showing other GMs that second-round picks should not get fully guaranteed deals.