ALAMEDA, Calif.
The Oakland Raiders released Pro Bowl fullback Marcel Reece on Monday after his four-game suspension for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs was completed.
Reece was suspended late last season and missed the final game of 2015 and the first three this season.
With the Raiders' running game thriving so far, the team decided it was time to cut ties with its longest-tenured position player.
"I don't know that the suspension played a big part in the decision," coach Jack Del Rio said.
"Other than to allow the guys that played, the backfield that we have, we're using all those guys and they're all doing a nice job in the roles that they have.