Cutting Rolando McClain: Pros and Cons for Oakland Raiders

With the eighth overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders selected Rolando McClain from Alabama, and he has now been released (via ESPN).

While McClain has shown flashes of being the star he was in college, he has not validated being a top 10 draft pick.  His best year was 2011 when he made 99 tackles and five sacks. 

With a new regime in Oakland, McClain has seen his playing time diminished because he was too slow to be a sideline-to-sideline linebacker and he was coming off the field in the nickel defense.<...

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