A former top-10 pick chosen two Raider regimes ago, Tyree Wilson will not play for Klint Kubiak. The Raiders are trading the fourth-year edge rusher to the Saints, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo report.
The Raiders will receive No. 150 from the Saints in exchange for Wilson and a seventh-round pick (No. 219 overall), Rapoport adds. New Orleans will now decide on Wilson’s fifth-year option, which was not expected to be exercised by Las Vegas.
With the 150th pick, the Raiders are selecting safety Dalton Johnson, reuniting him with Arizona teammate and second-round pick (No. 38 overall) Treydan Stukes. Las Vegas has now rebuilt a room that entered the draft with just two players: Jeremy Chinn and Isaiah Pola-Mao. Both started for the Raiders in 2025, but they only have one year remaining on their contracts. Stukes will have a role right away, and in a rebuilding year, the team may also give Johnson some playing time to see what he can do and how he can develop.
New Orleans was in the Kayvon Thibodeaux market, with Rapoport indicating the team spoke with the Giants on the former No. 5 overall pick. But with New York not budging on compensation, the Saints moved on and will add Wilson. The latter has not shown comparable form to Thibodeaux, but the draft pedigree is similar. The Raiders chose Wilson seventh overall out of Texas Tech in 2023.
Wilson has never gotten close to living up to that billing. He has just seven career sacks with never more than two in a single season. He has been more productive against the run with 22 tackles for loss, including 10 in the last two years.
The 25-year-old will add depth to the Saints’ stable of edge rushers, which currently lacks proven talent outside of Chase Young and Carl Granderson. Despite having the size to flip to the interior as a pass rusher, Wilson has rarely been used in that role. His new defensive coordinator Brandon Staley could attempt to unlock some versatility to get more production out of the 6-foot-6, 275-pound defender.
Oooof. Didn’t think it was a smart pick at the time, but I didn’t think it would work out THIS badly.
It’s cool. Y’all signed Kwity Paye. Replaced 1 draft bust with another draft bust.
Very slow processor which makes him look robotic out there. Only has a bull rush. Hope he finds success but he won’t ever live up to the hype. Good luck
I like the McCoy & Washington picks on Day 3. Not so sure on Dalton. There were some higher rated safeties available in Kilgore & Wheatley.
Moving Wilson also opens up some additional money (I think around 8M).
Jauan Jennings to the Raiders would make so much sense to me if they can make the money work.
One thing I noticed is Spytek, Kubiak, new DC Ben are drafting versatility, playmaking tape and SPEED (even the big RB Mike WA Jr) with all these much needed Secondary picks. Stiff in transition guys we have enough of already (Pola-mao etc) Kilgore and Wheatley are stiff Safeties in coverage.
I think he’ll be in a better situation in New Orleans. In Las Vegas, he was under pressure to be THE guy opposite Crosby because they basically had absolutely nobody else. I know Koonce had the one year when he was a starter and had eight sacks but that’s really it. In New Orleans, Wilson will be playing behind two proven starters on big money contracts.
He’ll also be on a much better defense and a much better team overall compared to the Raiders teams he’s played on. He’ll be able to come in and compete on a winning team as part of a talented and tough defense full of winners and as part of a winning organization with a solid roster and a way higher floor than Las Vegas.
Not surprised, he just never played to his freaky size and arm length the past 3 years save for a few moments. Tyree had his foot injury when drafted by McDaniels & his GM Buddy, they didn’t take Jalen Carter like 9 other teams as well, I wanted CB Witherspoon but Pete & Schneider took him 2 spots ahead, BUT this pick should have been CB Gonzalez who was the 1B CB of that draft after do it all Witherspoon. Raiders moving on and with the 5th rnder they got the other Arizona Safety to pair with 2nd rnd Slot CB/FS Stukes, good luck in NOLA Tyree.