Quarterback Jeff Garcia, who was active by Oakland in the offseason to advance JaMarcus Russell and serve as a drillmaster to the above No. 1 all-embracing abstract pick, was a part of 22 players let go by the Raiders bygone as teams met the NFL borderline to ability the 53-man agenda limit.
The accommodation to absolution Garcia agency Bruce Gradkowski and Charlie Frye will arch into the approved division as Russell’s backups.
Garcia, who has 116 starts in 10 NFL seasons, active a one-year arrangement with Oakland in April and accustomed again the abstraction of getting a advancement was boxy to handle, which may accept factored into the team’s accommodation to absolution the 39-year-old quarterback.
“There was some allocution about how he would fit but the best way for me to access it is the added two played so able-bodied and we are committed to JaMarcus as our starter,’’ drillmaster Tom Cable said.
Garcia absent two weeks of training affected with a abscessed larboard dogie beef and didn’t play in the Raiders’ aboriginal preseason game. He alternate in mid-August and played sparingly in the preseason, accumulation a passer appraisement of 67.1 that was the everyman a part of Oakland’s four quarterbacks. He was just 3 of 6 for 12 yards in a accident to Seattle Thursday night.
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