Baffling trade suggestion for the Las Vegas Raiders to consider

The Buffalo Bills are 6-2 in first place in the AFC East, and are currently the fourth seed in the playoffs. The Bills undoubtedly have one of the best teams in the National Football League and are looking to make a deep playoff run this postseason. With the trade deadline approaching, many believe the Bills will be buyers and the Las Vegas Raiders could be sellers.

However, for a trade to be worthwhile, the player being traded must have value, usually significant value. This is especially true when a team is looking to make a playoff push and the team they are making a deal with knows that their season will not result in a playoff berth. That’s exactly where the Bills and Raiders are in their respective seasons, and it has led to endless trade scenarios for the Raiders.

That remained the case, as Vinny Iyer of The Sporting News believes the Buffalo Bills should improve their defense by trading for arguably the second-best player on the Raiders defense, linebacker Robert Spillane.

“The Bills must remain aggressive and look to fill their large hole in the second level with this other key defensive star in Las Vegas,” Iyer said.

While the Raiders will likely consider a full rebuild at some point, trading Spillane has its pros and cons. Depending on how you look at it, it has more pros than cons. However, it ultimately comes down to the Raiders and whether they plan to pay Spillane the money he thinks he deserves after a season and a half of highly productive play.

Last season, Spillane played about 97 percent of the team’s snaps and finished 10th in the league in tackles. This season, Spillane has played 511 snaps, or 99.8 percent of the team’s, and ranks fourth in the league in tackles. He was undoubtedly one of the best linebackers in the league over the past two seasons.

This means the Raiders could desperately miss his presence on the field this season and beyond, as quality middle linebackers don’t fall from trees in the NFL. However, the Raiders have numerous holes on their roster that need to be filled. As good as Spillane is, the team as a whole is still not very good. Dealing with leakageas crazy as it may seem, it might not be such a bad idea.

Given his production over the past two seasons, the Bills would likely have to trade relatively valuable draft assets to make the deal happen. The Raiders could use those picks to fill holes in their roster and potentially save money in the process. The Raiders could potentially get multiple players for the same cost they will likely have to pay Spillane on the significant payday he earned from the Raiders or another team. Both sides could win in this trade. The Raiders could get several players, but Spillane will almost certainly get a much bigger contract from another team than he would likely get from the Raiders.

It’s also worth noting that Spillane is in his final year with the Raiders. His productive play may have put him out of reach of what General Manager Tom Telesco and the Raiders are happy to pay him. If this is the case, the Raiders owe it to themselves to get something in return for Spillane through trade, rather than letting him walk without compensation through free agency.

However, the Raiders will also have money to spend this upcoming offseason. Perhaps some of the $100 million they have in capital reserves will be set aside for Spillane. Only Telesco knows and that is why the trade must be taken into account.

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