Super Bowl 60 serves as strong lesson in free agency
HENDERSON, NEVADA - APRIL 07: General manager John Spytek of the Las Vegas Raiders attends a news conference introducing quarterback Geno Smith at the Las Vegas Raiders Headquarters/Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center on April 07, 2025 in Henderson, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) | Getty ImagesSunday's Super Bowl 60 between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks should serve as strong motivation to the Las Vegas Raiders as we head to free agency.
The lesson?
It's OK to spend big in March.
The old adage, and often the approach by teams, is to be careful in free-agency spending because it often doesn't work out and it's a distant second to the draft in terms of productive roster building.
However, the 2025 NFL season showed that isn't always the case. According to NFL reporter Matt Williamson (a friend, but no relation), the Patriots spent the most in the NFL in free agency in 2025, while the Seahawks were fourth.
Most $$$ spent in free agency this past offseason:
- Matt Williamson (@WilliamsonNFL) January 30, 2026
1. #Patriots
4. #Seahawks
I'd say it was money well spent for both clubs. The Patriots went from 4-13 in 2024 to 14-3 last season. The Seahawks improved from 10-7 to 14-3.
That should give motivation to Raiders' general manager John Spytek, who was conservative in free agency in his first season in Las Vegas last year. The Raiders have among the most salary-cap room in the NFL and they have plenty of needs.
This year's Super Bowl shows it can, indeed, pay to spent in free agency.
In other Raiders' news:
- FEED talk:Check out this FEED post and join the party.
- Assessing all the hires: NFL.com break down all 10 new head-coaching hires.
- The future: PFF looks at what teams are set up best for the future.