HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders plan on releasing veteran running back Kenyan Drake and absorbing a $3.6 million salary cap hit this year and $4.4 million in 2023 as a result, a source confirmed to ESPN.
The news was first reported by NFL Network. Drake, 28, was returning from a broken right ankle suffered in Week 13 last season.
He had played in all three of the Raiders' preseason games thus far and told ESPN after the exhibition against the Minnesota Vikings on Aug.
14 that the running backs were the «heartbeat» and «engine» of the team. «I feel great,» Drake said at the time. «Mentally, I feel like I'm getting the plays down the more I'm out there in game reps, practice reps.
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