Las Vegas Raiders continue their intense rebuilding process after a disappointing 2024 NFL season in which the team failed to make the playoffs. With the impending appointment of Pete Carroll as head coach, the team that has Tom Brady as a minority owner has hired a Super Bowl champion who was also a teammate of quarterback Joe Burrow with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Burrow has been clear in calling for the Bengals organization to do what it can to retain team standouts like Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. However, one teammate who came to Cincinnati in the post-Super Bowl LVI season will have a new destination.
The Super Bowl champion and former Burrow teammate who will join Carroll‘s Raiders for the 2025 NFL season is none other than guard Alex Cappa, who signed a two-year, $11.2 million contract that includes $5.5 million fully guaranteed at signing. The information was confirmed by NFL insider Adam Schefter on his X (formerly Twitter) account.
When did Alex Cappa win the Super Bowl?
Alex Cappa was part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that won Super Bowl LV alongside Tom Brady, who is now a minority owner of the Raiders. The 30-year-old veteran guard did not play in the Super Bowl, in which the Bucs defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, because he suffered a broken ankle in the wild-card round of the postseason playoffs.
Alex Cappa and Joe Burrow in the Cincinnati Bengals
Changes in the Raiders’ roster
Las Vegas continues to make decisions to reshape the roster for the upcoming campaign. The addition of Cappa is a move aimed at strengthening the defensive backfield, while at the same time Brady and Carroll led the decisions on the quarterback of the future.
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