{"id":678486,"date":"2026-05-18T23:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/678486\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T23:39:10","slug":"nfl-trade-rumor-las-vegas-raiders-linked-to-former-63m-new-england-patriots-star-to-strengthen-offense-around-fernando-mendoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/678486\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Trade Rumor: Las Vegas Raiders linked to former $63M New England Patriots star to strengthen offense around Fernando Mendoza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/las-vegas-raiders.jpg\" alt=\"NFL Trade Rumor: Las Vegas Raiders linked to former $63M New England Patriots star to strengthen offense around Fernando Mendoza\" title=\"Las Vegas Raiders linked to former $63M New England Patriots star to strengthen offense around Fernando Mendoza.(Image via X)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Las Vegas Raiders linked to former $63M New England Patriots star to strengthen offense around Fernando Mendoza.(Image via X) The Las Vegas Raiders have experienced a brutal run on the field in the last few years with just 3 wins and 14 losses in the last season.The team\u2019s last playoff appearance was in 2021 and the disappointing performances in the last couple of seasons has sparked concern. Amid this, the Las Vegas Raiders are now linked to the popular wide receiver for the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Raiders could make a move for the former New England Patriots\u2019 wide receiver, Stefon Diggs<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, Sports Illustrated\u2019s Mike Kadlick, predicted that the Las Vegas Raiders could land Stefon Diggs as he continues to remain an unrestricted free agent.Sports Illustrated\u2019s Mike Kadlick noted in a recent report, \u201cBetween his stops with the Bills, Texans and most recently in New England, Diggs has proved to be a net positive for teams looking to surround a young quarterback with talent.\u201dSports Illustrated\u2019s Mike Kadlick added, \u201cOn that note, the Raiders just selected Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 pick in the draft and can use all the help they can to build up their offense.\u201dSports Illustrated\u2019s Mike Kadlick continued, \u201cTheir current wide receiver situation should be considered below-average at best with Jack Bech, Jalen Nailor and Tre Tucker leading the room. Adding Diggs as a veteran leader would make a ton of sense as the Silver and Black look to make their mark in Klint Kubiak\u2019s first season at the helm.\u201dHowever, the Las Vegas Raiders have maintained their fair share of distance from commenting on a potential deal with Stefon Diggs.Over the last few weeks, even as multiple teams have been linked to him, the 32 year old wide receiver Stefon Diggs has remained as an unrestricted free agent.In the last season as Stefon Diggs played for the New England Patriots, he dominated the field with with 85 receptions for 1,013 yards and 4 touchdowns across 17 regular season games.Though Stefon Diggs\u2019 messy personal life and scandalous lawsuits have been in the news, the star player has expressed interest in the Washington Commanders.At this point in time, nothing has been confirmed as eyes remain on his next move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders linked to former $63M New England Patriots star to strengthen offense around Fernando Mendoza.(Image via&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,1736,514,29476,82,13956,156356,31568],"class_list":["post-678486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-trades","tag-sports","tag-stefon-diggs","tag-unrestricted-free-agent","tag-wide-receiver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}