Spytek has ties to Vegas minority owner Tom Brady, having played alongside the former QB at Michigan decades before they went on to win a Super Bowl together in Tampa Bay — with Spytek as the assistant GM. He’s now the third full-time general manager in three seasons for the Raiders, who fired Tom Telesco after one year following a 4-13 season.
Per multiple reports, the Raiders are expected to hire Buccaneers assistant GM John Spytek as the successor to Tom Telesco. Spytek helped build Tampa Bay's 2021 Super Bowl champion roster that had Brady under centre. Now in Las Vegas, Spytek, a University of Michigan alumni, reunites again with his 1999 Wolverines teammate.
The Las Vegas Raiders hired Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant general manager John Spytek to be their GM, a person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press
John Spytek, a Catholic Memorial High School graduate and native of Pewaukee, will reportedly become the next GM of the Las Vegas Raiders.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The Las Vegas Raiders are reportedly hiring a Tampa Bay executive to fill their top front-office role. Buccaneers assistant general manager John Spytek is expected to join the Raiders as general manager, according to multiple reports. He will succeed Tom Telesco, who only lasted one season in the role before he was dismissed.
The Raiders have hired Bucs assistant GM John Spytek to be their GM, but like the Cowboys, Saints, Jaguars and Jets, they don't have a new head coach yet.
Spytek will be in charge of the Raiders’ day-to-day operations and roster moves. Here are the top five items on his agenda.
The Las Vegas Raiders are finalizing a deal to hire John Spytek as their new general manager, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. Spytek, 44, has spent the last nine years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as assistant general manager. He would replace Tom Telesco, who was fired by the Raiders earlier this month after one season.
A former Michigan linebacker is slated to become the new general manager of the Las Vegas Raiders. According to NFL Network, the team is expected to hire John Spytek, who has spent the past nine seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, including the last two as assistant general manager, to fill its vacant GM position.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant general manager John Spytek, who previously served as a Cleveland Browns executive from 2010-12, has been hired as the general manager for the Las Vegas Raiders.