NFL roundup: Raiders officially moving to Las Vegas

Thanks to a 31-1 vote by the NFL owners on Monday, the Oakland Raiders will be leaving the Bay Area and heading to Sin City.

The Oakland Raiders are finally a good football team, though their beloved fans may not see them bring a championship home to the Bay Area. While the team does intend to play at the Oakland Coliseum for 2017 and 2018, a 31-1 vote by NFL owners assured the team will be relocation to Las Vegas. The team will remain the Oakland Raiders, and would like to stay in Oakland for 2019, but they may have to look elsewhere.

Once in Las Vegas, the Raiders will play inside a $1.7 billion domed stadium. The Raiders have some of the best young talent in football, including quarterback Derek Carr, who has become a star over his first three years in the league. Team owner Mark Davis had fought hard to get his team a new stadium in Oakland, but in the end, a deal could not be made between the team and the city.

Staying in the AFC, it appears fans will get to see Tom Brady play for at least the next six years. Team owner Robert Kraft said on Monday that Brady told him a few days ago that he plans on playing 6-7 more years in the league, which would bring him into his mid-40s. Brady, who led the New England Patriots to a fifth Super Bowl title in February, does not appear to be slowing down, and the Pats just may add more hardware before he is done.

While the Patriots are set at quarterback for the foreseeable future, there are two teams who have a serious question mark heading into the 2017 season. The Houston Texans and Denver Broncos have no clear choice for the position for next season, and it does not seem like they are chomping at the bit to get current Dallas Cowboys bench-warmer, Tony Romo. It appeared early in free agency that Romo would have his pick of teams, though now it seems the saga will head at least up until the NFL Draft in April.

One quarterback who may be without a team when the season opens up is Trevone Boykins, who found himself in trouble once again on Monday. The Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback was arrested for marijuana and public intoxication, after a car he was in hit eight pedestrians. Boykins is currently on probation for an incident that occurred when he was the starting quarterback for the TCU Horned Frogs.

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Stepping away from the quarterbacks, it remains to be seen whether or not former All-Pro running backs Adrian Peterson and Marshawn Lynch will have a home next season. Lynch, who is currently retired, would have to be released by the Seattle Seahawks if he wished to return in 2017. Peterson, who battled back from a knee injury to appear in three games for the Minnesota Vikings in 2016, is just too old of a back to be asking for top-tier money at this point.