With tomorrow’s deadline quickly approaching, the Las Vegas Raiders got a head start on trimming their roster down to 53 players by letting a few players go and placing others on injured reserve yesterday, including a couple of running backs.
The Raiders announced that they waived running back Darwin Thompson and placed Brittain Brown on IR. Thompson was added to the roster about halfway through training camp and was always considered a long shot to make the team, while Brown had a chance to compete for playing time this past month. However, Brown suffered an injury early on in camp and now he won’t be eligible to play for Las Vegas this season.