Veteran safety Nate Allen played but a few games for the Raiders last season. Knee injuries saw to that.
Those cameos, it turns out, mark his only time in silver and black. The Raiders released Allen on Tuesday afternoon, a day before his 2016 base salary became fully guaranteed.
Allen was slated to make $4.9 million and a $100,000 workout bonus. The Raiders will save $5 million in salary cap space.
Allen’s release doesn’t come with any dead money due to the structure of four-year contract signed last offseason worth a maximum of $23 million that was essentially a pay-as-you-go deal after the first season.