Oakland Raiders: Who Can They "Afford" to Cut for Salary Cap Space?

It's amazing how small the Raiders initially reported $11 million excess of the salary cap seems now that reports have come out with that number doubled to $22 million over the cap.

Now is the time for new GM Reggie McKenzie to do what he was hired to do, which is to get very creative in finding ways to shed $22 million from the 2012 payroll.

When making these decisions, there are a few ways to trim the payroll: restructure contracts and release players.  We've already seen Stanford Routt released and I'm sure we can expect more. Here are my candidates to be released if they don't restructure their contracts.

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