REPORT: Noise For Sam Darnold to Raiders Getting Louder

The Las Vegas Raiders have $95 million in cap space and the need for a quarterback. Perhaps the No. 1 name that has been linked to the Silver and Black is Minnesota's Sam Darnold, who is fresh off a resurgent season that included a playoff berth. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk discussed with Rich Eisen that he believes a deal could happen. "Kevin O'Connell when, when he was making his rounds last Friday after being named Coach of the Year, he told us ... 'Sam Darnold has earned the right to be a free agent,'" Florio said on the "Rich Eisen Show". "That's a way of saying we are not going to use the franchise tag because we don't want to pay him $40 million.


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