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The roster trimming party in Oakland is in full swing with Kwame Harris and Justin Griffith becoming the latest casualties as Al Davis glances nervously at the countdown to free agency clock on his
The news of Harris being dropped is only shocking in regards to the amount of time it took ...
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didnt see this coming either well looks like cable cleaning house
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