The Las Vegas Raiders have a new architect.
The Raiders are expected to hire Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant GM John Spytek as their new general manager, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Wednesday, per sources informed of the pact.
Spytek has long been a respected front-office talent as the top lieutenant for Jason Licht in Tampa. Now he gets to run his own ship.
Spytek replaced Tom Telesco, who was fired earlier this month after one season as Las Vegas GM.
The 44-year-old Spytek has deep connections to Raiders minority owner Tom Brady. Spytek was a freshman outside linebacker at Michigan when the former quarterback was a senior. The duo also won a Super Bowl together with the Bucs in Brady's first season with Tampa Bay.
Spytek has extensive NFL front-office experience, starting as a Detroit Lions operations intern in 2004. He spent five seasons in Philadelphia (2005-09) where he became a college and pro scout, three years in Cleveland as director of college scouting (2010-12), three seasons as a Denver scout (2013-15, where he won another Super Bowl ring) and joined Tampa in 2016.
With the Raiders locking down Spytek, the next order of business is landing on a new head coach to usher in the latest Vegas reboot.
