Everything you need to know as the Silver and Black enter the 2025 offseason.

Who are the Raiders' 2025 opponents?

The Raiders will play nine home games and eight road games next season.

Home: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears

Away: Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, New England Patriots

Read more on the opponents here.

When does free agency begin?

The Raiders have 28 players who will become free agents when the NFL's new league year begins on March 12 at 1 p.m. PT. Of those 28, 17 are unrestricted free agents, five are restricted free agents and six are exclusive rights free agents. So what does that mean?

Unrestricted free agents are players with four or more accrued seasons who are free to sign with any team once their contract expires.

Restricted free agents are players with three accrued seasons and are free to negotiate and sign with any team. However, their original team is given right of refusal and can match any offer made by another team in order to retain the player.

Exclusive rights free agents are players with fewer than three accrued seasons. If a player's original team offers him a one-year contract at the league minimum (based on his credited seasons), the player cannot negotiate with other teams.

For the full list of Raiders' impending free agents, click here.

What are reserve/future contracts and who have the Raiders signed to one?

At the end of a team's season, any player who wasn't on the active roster is eligible to be signed to a reserve/future contract. It gives teams the rights to a certain player and the players don't count against each team's roster limit until the new league year begins in March.

The Raiders have 14 players signed to reserve/future contracts and 12 of them ended the 2024 season on the Raiders practice squad: DE David Agoha, T Gottlieb Ayedze, CB M.J. Devonshire, CB Keenan Isaac, WR Shedrick Jackson, DT Tyler Manoa, WR Tyreik McAllister, LB Jackson Mitchell, DE Ovie Oghoufo, C Will Putnam, LB Brandon Smith, RB Isaiah Spiller, T Dalton Wager and WR Kristian Wilkerson.

How many draft picks do the Raiders have?

As of now, the Raiders hold eight total draft picks and in the first round, the No. 6 overall pick. Compensatory picks – picks in Rounds 3 through 7 given to a team that lost "more or better compensatory free agents than it acquired in the previous year," per the NFL – will be distributed by the league closer to the draft.

2025 Draft Picks

Round 1 – No. 6 overall

Round 2

Round 3

Round 3 (via New York Jets/Davante Adams trade)

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

What important dates should we keep an eye on?

February 24-March 3 – NFL Scouting Combine, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana

March 12 – The 2025 league year and free agency period begin at 1:00 p.m. PT. All 2024 player contracts expire at this time, and the trading period for 2025 begins. Clubs can also begin signing free agents.

April 24-26 – NFL Draft, Green Bay, Wisconsin

For more key offseason dates, click here.