'They know how I feel': Raiders WR Jakobi Meyers says trade request still stands

Adam Hill, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Oct 21, 2025

Published in Football

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LAS VEGAS — Nothing about the way the Raiders’ season has gone has changed wide receiver Jakobi Meyers’ mind.

He still prefers to be traded.

“For sure,” Meyers said Tuesday when asked whether his offseason request still stands. “I’m a professional at the end of the day. I’m just trying to play good football. If I’m here, I’ll play good football. If I’m not, I’ll do whatever I’m supposed to do.”

Meyers has not revisited the request with the Raiders (2-5). He believes he made his desire clear and doesn’t need to continue to harp on it.

“That’s too much for me. They know how I feel. There’s no reason to keep going back and crying to them, ‘Can you get me out of here?’ ” Meyers said. “If you move me, you move me. But for the meantime, I have some real people I care about next to me (in the locker room). So I’m trying to make sure I’m being my best self for them.”

The NFL trade deadline is Nov. 4. Meyers’ status is certain to be a storyline up to that date unless he is moved beforehand.

Locker room talk

The 28-year-old’s potential departure isn’t a subject he and his teammates have shied away from in the locker room.

Meyers, who had the first 1,000-yard season of his career last year for the Raiders, said there have been plenty of jokes about it, including a common facetious question about what time his flight is leaving town each day.

“I think (jokes are) the best way to handle (the situation),” Meyers said. “Everyone is a comedian around here and I’m cool with it. I like hearing the jokes. If someone has an issue, I’ll be open with them. But we’re cool in here. We’re going through adversity together and loving each other.”

Meyers’ challenges include knee and toe injuries that kept him from playing in the Raiders’ 31-0 loss to the Chiefs on Sunday. He tried to go through a workout before the game, but the team decided to hold him out so he could use the bye week to heal up.

“It wasn’t cool sitting there on the bench watching guys lose like that,” Meyers said.

‘No control’ over trade decision

Meyers said he hopes to be back on the field by the Raiders’ next game against the Jaguars on Nov. 2.

Whether he will still be with the team is a different story.

“You try not to attach yourself to it,” Meyers said of the trade rumors and possibilities. “I have no control over that. If I’m here, I’m here. If I’m not, I’m not. Wherever I’m at, I’m just trying to get healthy and play good football.

“I have my boys with me. We’re out here hooping and having fun. It’s not looking how we want it to and the goal is to fix it, but in the meantime, I’m good as long as I’m here with them and playing and enjoying the day.”

Meyers’ request came due to what he feels is a lack of commitment from the Raiders on a long-term contract extension. The pending free agent hoped to agree to a deal that would include some future guaranteed money before the season started.

Meyers said he believes the window closed on that possibility when Week 1 came around. He’s been focused on football since.

“I really just want to be in a good spot for me and my family and just play good football because you only have so long to play the game,” Meyers said.

‘This is a tough league’

Meyers, who signed a three-year, $33 million contract to join the Raiders as a free agent in 2023, has 29 catches for 329 yards in six games this season.

He had eight receptions for 97 yards in the team’s season-opening win over the Patriots, his former club. The Raiders’ only other win came against the Titans in Week 6.

“I don’t know if it fell off or people just caught up,” Meyers said. “This is a tough league. It’s a lot harder than I think people give it credit for being. You have to come out and really try to do stuff that you do well, but people get film and tendencies and catch on to you. At the end of the day, it’s a bunch of things. Every game has a different situation. There’s not one thing to put your finger on.”

Meyers hasn’t lost confidence in his teammates. He even suggested it might be time to buy low on the Raiders’ offense, which ranks 31st in points per game (14.7) under first-year offensive coordinator Chip Kelly.

“We’re just new,” Meyers said. “It’s a new offense. New guy at the top. New play caller. New head coach. It’s a bunch of new things around here and ultimately I think any time you invest in something, it probably won’t go green right away. You’re going to take a little hit and you just hope it’s a good product that will keep moving up in the long run. I think that’s where we’re at right now.”

Meyers is committed to helping make those improvements.

At least for as long as he’s with the Raiders.