The Oakland Raiders have released offensive tackle Donald Penn after five seasons, the team announced Saturday.
The Raiders said the two sides came to a mutual decision to let Penn go. The move comes after Oakland signed Trent Brown to the richest contract ever for a tackle earlier in the week and drafted two tackles in the first three rounds last year.
"It is always hard to say goodbye to players that you respect and love both for their on-field efforts and the people that they are off the field," Raiders owner Mark Davis said in a statement.