Geno Smith scrubs Instagram after a brutal Raiders season. Cryptic photos with Pete Carroll and Maxx Crosby hint at turmoil and a potential exit.
There’s no secret that the 2025 season was a disaster for the Las Vegas Raiders and quarterback Geno Smith. At least for Raiders fans, it resulted in them being on the clock with the first overall selection in next spring’s draft. For Smith, his time in Las Vegas is increasingly looking up.
That sentiment is only strengthened after Smith’s recent activities on Instagram. The 35-year-old deleted all Raiders’ content on his Instagram, leaving his page a barren wasteland. He did, however, post two photos to his story.
One of which was him and former Raiders head coach Pete Carroll, who was fired on Monday, with a goat emoji on top. Carroll was the reason Smith arrived in Las Vegas, as he handpicked Smith to be the Raiders’ QB after their years together with the Seattle Seahawks. The duo created a lot of hype and expectations leading up to the season, which leaves no surprise as to why Carroll and Smith have become scapegoats for the 3-14 season they ended up having.
The second photo was yet another photo of Smith and Carroll, but this time, star edge rusher Maxx Crosby was also included. The relationship between Crosby and the Raiders has been deteriorating since the team decided to shut him down for the season as the team looked to keep its position at the No. 1 overall selection in the draft.
The photo only adds fuel to the fire of a potential Crosby trade this offseason, as reports have indicated the Raiders may finally be open to trading their No. 3 sack leader of all time.
The photos have since been taken down by Smith, who then made an interesting move to change his profile picture. In what was previously a selfie, Smith changed his picture to a photo of himself with a Raiders logo in the background. Despite his change to include his relations to the team in his profile picture, his page remains without any posts and is following no accounts.
There’s a debate about whether or not Smith is to blame for the lack of success in Las Vegas in 2025, as he wasn’t exactly given the greatest opportunity to flourish after being traded in the offseason. The Raiders had one of, if not the worst, offensive lines in football. Smith was tied for taking the most sacks with 55 and a total loss of 405 yards. Las Vegas also traded away its No. 1 receiver in the middle of the season, leaving Smith without many legitimate options down the field.
It certainly played a role in his poor season in which he threw just 3,025 yards, 19 touchdowns, and led the league in interceptions with 17. Evident by his actions on social media, Smith likely feels like he’s received too much of the blame for the 2025 season. With two years remaining on his contract and the Raiders likely to draft his replacement, the offseason in Las Vegas will certainly be one to keep an eye on.