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The new regime of the Raiders has begun erasing what it believes to be the mistakes of the past, with the first big move coming in the release of cornerback Stanford Routt Thursday.

Routt was signed last offseason to a three-year, $31.5 million contract extension that at the time made him the third highest cornerback in the NFL just a few days before the NFL lockout began.

Routt was retained by owner Al Davis while at the same time the club made no effort to re-sign Nnamdi Asomugha, who eventually signed with the Philadelphia Eagles.

A later restructure boosted the value of the deal to five years and $54.5 million.

Routt’s contract reportedly guaranteed him $20 million, meaning the Raiders could be out that amount depending on wording of the deal.

Per a source with knowledge of his contract, Routt’s $5 million base salary for 2012 would have become fully guaranteed if he had been on the roster five days after the start of the 2012 waiver period.

I am sure McKenzie could have got atleast a mid round pick for Routt. Wonder if they did not pursue that option because of the looming bonus. At any rate we broadcast our need for CB in the draft/FA market.

Routt could be a decent #2 CB but Al gave him a shutdown corner contract in a knee jerk reaction to losing Aso. No one was going to take that on.

If I'm Michael Huff, I'm very nervous

Al extended Routt before Aso's departure. Routt's contract all but sealed Aso's departure. It's debatable (probably not) that Aso would have re-signed with us for the amount he did with Philly, but it staggers the mind to think that we could have had Aso rather than Routt for only 3M more per year

Add Big Seymour, Kelly, John Henderson and McClain along with Huff to the 'should be nervous' list

nope,we could have resigned aso for what al davis paid stanford routt +/- a little for me its a no brainer,you resign aso over stanford

nope,we could have resigned aso for what al davis paid stanford routt +/- a little for me its a no brainer,you resign aso over stanford

aaron curry,huff,henderson,cj,seymore,groves,boss,kelly need to be very worried...none have perofrmed to their pay !!!

ps dmac outta be careful as well imo

we need to get rid of Richard Seymour and his 15 million dollar number for this yr

Raiders face a cap hit of 7.5M if we cut Seymour this year. Expected cap savings are only 7.5M in base salary, not 15M. Considering he played injured last year, McKenzie may ask him to restructure or take a paycut instead of/before releasing him. If it's a case of releasing him, it comes down to what's the best use of 7.5M, Seymour or the players purchasable with 7.5M.

2/16/2011: Signed a two-year, $30 million contract. The deal contains $15 million guaranteed -- all in the form of Seymour's first-year base salary. 2012: $7.5 million (+ $7.5 million roster bonus),