With plenty of salary-cap room, Las Vegas Raiders general manager Tom Telesco was expected to extend the contract of multiple pending free agents, but he never did. Telesco’s lack of aggression and urgency could affect the future of several of these players after he was surprisingly fired Thursday.

Telesco, who was hired in January 2024, appeared to be safe after the Raiders announced they were firing Antonio Pierce on Tuesday. However, Telesco would join Pierce two days later as the Raiders—under some influence of minority owner Tom Brady—decided to do a drastic overhaul at the top.

Las Vegas Raiders are cleaning house. Just two days after the team fired head coach Antonio Piece, the Raiders announced that they had fired general manager Tom Telesco. "The Las Vegas Raiders have relieved Tom Telesco of his duties as General Manager,