The list is long. The research is tedious, but it's worth the time to understand a selected group of men who were released from the team for one reason or another.
In 2008, there were at least 135 transactions involving, signing, re-signing, releasing players, and more decisions. More than 16 of the 2008 transactions were releases. A couple of players were released and re-signed again in a matter of days.
One such man who was released on Sept 9, '08 was again re-signed on Sept. 10, '08. Can someone tell us why you fire a man one day, and then re-hire him the next day? It probably had to do with the content and wording of his contract. Who knows?
Here is a Memorial Day list of some of the guys who have been released. The hope is that this list will prompt us to discover what happened to the former Raiders. Did some of them go on to do very well on other teams? Might there have been a few mistakes in some of those decisions to release a player?
Well, here is a partial list:
Barry Sims
Dominic Rhodes
Stuart Schweigert
Duane Starks
Akbar Gbaja Biamila
Jonathan Palmer
LaMont Jordan
S. Greg Wesley
Ed Hartwell
Grant Irons
S. Jarrod Cooper
Greg Spires
K. Aaron Elling
William Joseph
Robert Thomas
Seth Wand, released Sept 9; re-signed Sept 10
Why is it important to research what happened to some of these former Oakland Raiders? There can be several answers.
1. Did they leave the NFL?
2. Did they do better with another NFL team?
3. Did they file lawsuits?
4. Did the Oakland Raiders fi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Oakland Raiders
