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Hey guys, this is Greg Rosenthal.

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The regular top of the show is going to be in just a minute.

But after we recorded, a great show with Aaron Schatz, looking at some team projections,

we got the news that Christian Wilkins of the Raiders has been released by the team.

The Raiders are one of the teams that we talked about at length in this show.

So we wanted to get it updated, especially because this is the first news bomb drop that we've had.

To remind you, Christian Wilkins, formerly of the Miami Dolphins, signed a five-year,

$110 million contract just a year ago.

At the time, it was reported that $84 million of it was guaranteed.

Wilkins has already gotten just about $50 million of that guaranteed.

And it sounds like, according to our insider,

Ian Rappaport, who has been out front with this story, that there is a disagreement between

the Raiders and Christian Wilkins about how he has been rehabbing that surgically repaired foot.

They wanted him to get surgery. They had multiple medical opinions that

said to get another surgery. He didn't want to do it. They tried to take away a big chunk of

his guaranteed money, about $35 million. He and the NFLPA apparently has filed a grievance

to get that $35 million.

So sometimes when the insiders report fully guaranteed, it might not be fully guaranteed, but that will be settled in the court system.

And I guess between the money and the injury, the Raiders in this new era with John SpyTech at GM and Pete Carroll at head coach decided this guy just isn't worth it, which is pretty surprising for a guy who was a top 10 defensive tackle really when they brought him into Las Vegas.

But obviously the injury has really changed his career.

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