Joshua Miles

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

The Raiders locked up Joshua Miles at $1.2M annually, a deal that earns a solid C+ CVI as a fair-value contract for depth tackle insurance. At just over a million per year, Las Vegas is paying appropriate backup money for a player who provides serviceable offensive line depth without breaking the bank. Miles represents the type of replacement-level to slightly below-average tackle that teams need for roster construction, and this contract reflects that reality — not a steal, but not an overpay either. The modest financial commitment gives the Raiders flexibility while ensuring they have a warm body who can step in if needed along their offensive line. With limited upside but also minimal downside risk, this is exactly the kind of pragmatic roster building that keeps teams from overspending on the margins. The C+ CVI captures a straightforward transaction where both player and team found appropriate market value.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where Joshua's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Joshua Miles' tenure with the Las Vegas Raiders has effectively ended before it began, and a D- performance grade reflects exactly that — a non-contribution at a position where the Raiders can least afford a void. Drafted in the seventh round in 2019 and now five seasons into a career that never established him as more than roster-depth, Miles signed with Las Vegas only to land on the retired list almost immediately, producing zero meaningful on-field impact. There is no statistical strength to identify here — three games across his most recent active stretch represent the entirety of a resume that never grew beyond replacement-level filler at offensive tackle. The core concern, as the narrative around this situation makes clear, is that retiring shortly after signing strongly suggests either a failed physical or a personal decision to step away, leaving the Raiders with a depth hole rather than a solution. As a 30-year-old late-round relic of the 2019 draft class, Miles was never a franchise-caliber investment, but the timing of his departure amplifies the organizational challenge of shoring up the offensive line heading into a season that is still 132 days away. The front office will need to address that depth through other avenues — recent moves suggest they are actively churning the roster, but a replacement at tackle has not yet materialized from the data available. At this stage, Miles is best characterized as a transaction footnote rather than a contributor, and the D- grade is frankly generous given the absence of any on-field production to evaluate.

How Joshua Compares at the Position

Joshua Miles ranks 130th of 189 graded offensive tackles by performance. That slots Joshua between Braeden Daniels (D) just ahead and Luke Tenuta (D-) just behind.

Fan Sentiment

Joshua Miles' arrival in Las Vegas has generated about as much public enthusiasm as a seventh-round footnote deserves — a muted, largely indifferent reception that lands squarely in the middle of the sentiment spectrum. The dominant narrative is defined entirely by the abruptness of his retirement shortly after signing, with media coverage uniformly treating the transaction as a curiosity rather than a meaningful roster development — five separate headlines confirmed his departure, none of them carrying any tone of surprise or disappointment, just clinical documentation of an unusual situation. That tracks cleanly with his on-field output, which carries a D- performance grade; in 2025 he appeared in just three games before the situation unraveled, meaning the Raiders extracted essentially no production from a player who was never expected to be more than an offensive line depth piece to begin with. The broader roster backdrop doesn't help rehabilitate the perception either — with the Raiders actively cycling through a wave of offseason signings at multiple positions, including multiple offensive tackle additions in Kamar Missouri and Niklas Henning, the organization has visibly moved on and is filling the void Miles was supposed to occupy. The sentiment here isn't negative so much as it is irrelevant, and that indifference may be the harshest verdict of all — a signing that came, retired, and dissolved without leaving a single lasting impression on a fanbase that barely registered his presence in the first place.