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Raiders jettison two DBs
Training camp roster now at 90 after Oakland cuts ties with Bing and suspended safety Cooper
By Steve Corkran
CONTRA COSTA TIMES

Article Launched: 07/26/2007 03:00:15 AM PDT


The Raiders reduced their training camp roster to 90 on Wednesday by releasing safeties Jarrod Cooper and Darnell Bing.

The Cooper move came five days after he was suspended by the NFL for the first four regular-season games for violating the league's policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.

He spent part or all of the past three seasons with the Raiders as a core special teams player and backup defender. He was scheduled to earn $1.15 million in base salary this season.

Bing was Oakland's fourth-round selection in the 2006 NFL draft. The Raiders converted him from safety to outside linebacker upon his arrival. However, Bing sustained a neck injury early on and missed his rookie season.

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Professor

I was actually one that thought that Bing was a good pick in the fourth, I had him in the third and I saw some mocks with him much higher. I wonder if he can be good again if he goes back to safety, but how serious is the neck injury?

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gruntbygod

I looked into it a little and in January of this year CBS said Bing should be ready by TC. I think at this point Bing is a very "sexy" bench player. HJe is a headhunter type SS (Roy Lite) and could be a weapon as a sitational LBer. He also has gunner written all over him

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RoyWilliams

They said they were moving him back to safety but i guess they should have said were moving him out.

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