Adam Schefter broke the news Sunday night: the Raiders are signing wide receiver Noah Brown, a veteran who's bounced from Dallas to Houston to Washington over an eight-year career. It's a low-key move that still matters for a Las Vegas offense trying to figure out its receiver room heading into the season.
Raiders signed former Cowboys WR Noah Brown.
Brown, 30, is entering his ninth NFL season after spending 2024-25 with the Commanders, where an injury limited him to just 4 games last year. Before that he was a rotational piece in Dallas from 2017-22 and had a stop in Houston in 2023. For his career he's got 91 games played, 38 starts, 155 catches for 2,083 yards and 6 touchdowns — and since 2020, his 13.7 yards-per-reception average has ranked among the better marks in the league. He's not a No. 1 option, but he's a big-bodied, reliable veteran who can win contested catches and stretch the field a bit, which is exactly the kind of depth a receiver room can use.
Roster moves rarely come free, and this one didn't either. Less than an hour after the Brown signing, Schefter reported the corresponding move: Las Vegas released defensive tackle Benito Jones.
In a corresponding move, the Raiders released DT Benito Jones.
Jones only arrived in Las Vegas this offseason after appearing in 31 games for the Dolphins over the previous two seasons, so this isn't a long-tenured guy getting cut loose — it's a short stint that never really got going. His departure clears the way for the Raiders to lean more on their 2025 draft picks, Tonka Hemingway and JJ Pegues, inside Patrick Graham's defensive front.
None of this is a blockbuster, but it's the kind of roster churn that tells you where a team's priorities sit this time of year. Las Vegas is betting a healthy, experienced veteran receiver adds more value right now than a defensive tackle who barely had time to make an impression. Whether Brown ends up making meaningful snaps or just camp-body depth will be worth tracking as the Raiders round out their 53-man roster.