Las Vegas Raiders April Fools: 5 worst free agent signings in history

In honor of April Fools Day, we here at Just Blog Baby are discussing which free agent signings made the Las Vegas Raiders look like absolute fools

The current version of NFL free agency has been around since 1993 and in that span our beloved Raiders have made some huge additions to the team with the likes of Rich Gannon and Jerry Rice coming to Oakland through that avenue. Just like draft picks not every free agent signing is a winner and for every Jerry Rice or Rich Gannon you get three Ryan Grants or Charlie Fryes.

So why don’t free agents that thrived on their previous teams struggle on new teams? Some of it could be the fact that they may be physically worn down and by the time they are on their third or fourth contract they have lost one too many steps.

Sometimes players thrive under certain schemes and in certain situations but don’t fit schematically, Nnamdi Asomugha in Oakland versus Philadelphia is a prime example. In other cases, the player just wasn’t all the good in the first place but capitalized on an opportunity to earn a big money contract that they never quite deserved.

Regardless of the reasons why the free agents listed here didn’t work out with the Raiders they made the Silver and Black’s front office look like fools for forking over all that cash.