Raiders reportedly releasing Hudson
Broncos exercise Miller’s contract option
The Las Vegas Raiders are planning to release star center Rodney Hudson as part of a major overhaul of the team’s offensive line.
A person familiar with the move said Tuesday that Hudson will be released with two years left on his current contract.
The Raiders are completely revamping their offensive line that was one of the most expensive in the league. The team has agreed to trade right tackle Trent Brown to New England in a deal that will be finalized Wednesday and cut left guard Richie Incognito. Right guard Gabe Jackson is also expected to be cut but that move hasn’t happened yet.
The only starter from 2020 assured of returning is 2018 firstround left tackle Kolton Miller. Denzelle Good, who filled in as a starter at both right tackle and left guard last season, is set to become a free agent on Wednesday.
In six seasons with the Raiders, Hudson has been the anchor of what has been one of the better offensive lines in the league. He made Pro Bowls in 2016, ’ 17 and ’ 19 and was a second-team AllPro in 2019 as well. He played in 94% of the team’s offensive snaps, missing only three games in 2015 and one in 2019. He played every snap in each of the other four seasons.
BRONCOS EXERCISE MILLER’S 2021 OPTION >> The Denver Broncos have exercised star linebacker Von Miller’s 2021 option.
The move engages the final season of the six-year, $114.5 million contract Miller signed in 2016 in the aftermath of his Super Bowl 50 MVP performance.
It also guarantees him $7 million of his $17.5 million base salary.
iller is the Broncos’ all-time
leader with 106 regularseason sacks and 25 forced fumbles. He is an eighttime Pro Bowler.
SOURCE: CB GRIFFIN TO
JOIN JAGUARS IN DEFENSIVE OVERHAUL >> Former Pro Bowl cornerback Shaquill Griffin and the Jacksonville Jaguars agreed on a three-year contract worth up to $44.5 million that includes $29 million guaranteed, according to a person familiar with negotiations.
Griffin will be an immediate starter opposite CJ Henderson, the ninth overall pick in the 2020 draft, and could help the Jaguars have one of the league’s top coverage tandems.
SOURCE: SEAHAWKS EXPECTED
TO SIGN CB WITHERSPOON >> The Seattle Seahawks moved quickly to address a need in the defensive backfield. They are expected to sign former San Francisco cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.
The addition of Witherspoon was a critical move for the Seahawks after starting cornerback Shaquill Griffin agreed to a three-year deal with the Jaguars.
TITANS RELEASING 2 STARTERS >> The Tennessee Titans are busy remaking their secondary, releasing Adoree Jackson and agreeing to terms on a deal with cornerback Janoris Jenkins.
Tennessee also is releasing right tackle Dennis Kelly.
Jenkins has 26 career interceptions.