Las Vegas Raiders sign Charles Snowden

Charles Snowden earns a C Contract Value Index (CVI) for his one-year, $1.075M signing with the Raiders—a deal that reflects exactly what it is: a depth-piece bet on a rebuilding roster with minimal financial commitment. At $1.075M AAV, this is low-end roster filler territory; the Raiders are investing pocket change on a player who carries virtually no guaranteed burden and zero dead-cap risk if the fit doesn't materialize. The one-year structure telegraphs organizational skepticism—there's no faith signaled here, just opportunistic depth-building during an offseason when Las Vegas is 91 days from the regular season while sitting at 3-14 in a weak division. On a team trending downward in sentiment while the front office grinds through a rebuilding reset, a sub-$1.1M flyer on an unknown quantity is exactly the kind of non-committal move that keeps cap flexibility intact without gambling future assets. The C grade reflects the contract's logic rather than its upside: it's appropriately priced for a depth option, but offers zero margin for error—Snowden delivers immediate rotational value or the Raiders absorb a negligible loss and move on. In the context of the Raiders' current rebuild arc, this signing is neither a building block nor a cap liability, just a low-variance placeholder on a roster piecing itself back together.