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WR Willie Reid's roster chances were slim to none anyway. Slim might have left the building the second he muffed that punt to give the Raiders the ball at the Dallas 11.
The fourth quarter has been about what one should expect out of preseason opener garbage time, which is another way to say painful to watch.
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