Oakland Raiders Continue Salary Purge in Advance of Free Agency

The Oakland Raiders have been busily hacking away at years of bad contracts in an effort to free up salary-cap space in advance of the beginning of free agency at 4 p.m. ET on March 13. The purge continued Tuesday, as the team released linebacker Kamerion Wimbley and tight end Kevin Boss.

The 28-year-old Wimbley, who had 63 tackles, seven sacks and an interception a year ago for the Raiders, was due $11 million in base salary this season, and while $6.5 million of that figure is guaranteed, Oakland would have been on the hook for the remainder of Winbley's salary plus another $13 million on March ...

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