Yesterday’s news about Jimmy Garoppolo getting suspended for two games next season after violating the NFL’s Performance Enhancing Substance Policy helped solve one of the Las Vegas Raiders’ offseason problems.
Heading into free agency, the Raiders were expected to move on from Garoppolo but were going to have to decide how to eat roughly $28.4 million. At a high level, their options were either to take the hit upfront or split it up between this year and next year. However, according to Jason Fitzgerald of Over The Cap, the quarterback’s contract structure will make things easier for Las Vegas.