Report: Raiders agree to terms with Robert Spillane

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The Raiders have agreed to terms with free agent linebacker Robert Spillane on a two-year deal with a maximum value of $9 million, Doug Kyed of AtoZ Sports reports. Spillane gets $4 million guaranteed.

Spillane, 27, played a career-high 59 percent of the defensive snaps last season. He played 16 games with five starts for the Steelers and totaled 79 tackles in 2022.

He spent the past four seasons in Pittsburgh after one season with the Titans.

In his five-year career, Spillane has 191 tackles, three sacks, five quarterback hits, an interception and eight pass breakups.

Spillane also has been a core special teams player in his time in the NFL.

10 responses to “Report: Raiders agree to terms with Robert Spillane

  1. This move is certainly out of left field. Guess Vegas is trying to shore up Special Teams in anticipation of losing Perryman and Hollins. Have been impressed with Spillane’s energy when he lined up with PITT’s D.

  2. Mark Davis sure knows how to run a franchise into the ground. Like father, like son. (Yes, Al was garbage. Show me one good draft he presided over—one that didn’t have Ron Wolf running the show.)

  3. Hard working, tough player that brings energy and hits hard. Coverage skills definitely lacking. Wish him well.

  4. So far this FA Raiders have spent all their money on: a backup QB, 2 #4 WR and special teams defenders. Traded away their best players and let the franchise leading QB walk to save 12 million dollars. Fire them all and sell the team please.

  5. Dustin Adams says:
    March 14, 2023 at 6:57 pm
    Mark Davis sure knows how to run a franchise into the ground. Like father, like son. (Yes, Al was garbage. Show me one good draft he presided over—one that didn’t have Ron Wolf running the show.)
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    Funny how you think Ron Wolf was running the show and not Al Davis.

  6. chaunce922 says:
    March 14, 2023 at 7:38 pm
    So far this FA Raiders have spent all their money on: a backup QB, 2 #4 WR and special teams defenders. Traded away their best players and let the franchise leading QB walk to save 12 million dollars. Fire them all and sell the team please.
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    Things are very underwhelming, minimal movement for bettering our D, with only Epps as a starter. Where’s the starting D-line, LBs and CBs coming from? The draft? That’s a whole lot getting all the picks right. And we trade away Waller for a Mars bar with no one to replace him.

  7. As a run stuffer, Spillane was a fan favorite to Pittsburgh fans. As a coverage linebacker, he was the subject of many insults. From the fan favorite side, I’m happy he got a good payday. From the other side, the Steelers have a younger and faster version in Mark Robinson.
    Good luck Robert and thanks for the years you spent with my favorite team.

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