Jakobi Meyers has requested a trade, but according to multiple reports, the Raiders have no intention of trading their no. 1 wide receiver before the start of the season.
That could change if the season goes in a bad direction before the trade deadline, but for now it looks like Meyers isn’t going anywhere.
If for some reason the Raiders decide to listen to offers for Meyers, the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Vinny Bonsignore thinks it will take at minimum a day two draft pick.
“It’ll be a third-round pick for him,” Bonsignore said on the Vegas Nation First and 10 podcast.
“I don’t think the Raiders are going to trade him for anything less because… if you let him walk, you’re probably going to get a third or fourth round pick as compensation.”
Based on the formula the NFL uses for compensatory picks, the Raiders should be in line for mid-round compensatory pick if Meyers leaves in free agency after the season.
In other words, the Raiders are going to get a third or fourth round pick for Meyers whether they trade him or not.
By trading Meyers, they would get a mid-round pick and lose him for the season. By keeping him, they get a third or fourth round compensatory pick and still have him for the 2025 season.
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