We’ve seen this movie before — the season ends, and what to do with Nate Allen? In 2016, the Oakland Raiders cut him. Because they’d overpaid to sign him originally, they were on the hook for nearly $16 million through 2018.
So the Raiders released Allen to save some money. But they still needed safety help. They hadn’t yet signed Reggie Nelson or Brynden Trawick or drafted Karl Joseph. So the Raiders re-signed him to a one-year, $3M deal that was much more palatable.
Allen has been a ball hawk in his career, with 13 career interceptions, including three in the past two years with the Raiders while starting only seven games.