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Josh Cribbs Cut by Raiders

By Sam Allard on Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 2:20 pm

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We won't write the obituary on Josh Cribbs just yet, but after being released by the Oakland Raiders yesterday due to lingering knee issues and a lack of speed, it's doubtful Cribbs will make an impact on an NFL roster this season (if he makes a roster at all).

Via Yahoo's Brian McIntyre, Cribbs received $225,000 of a one-year, $1.25 million contract. He was due $865,000 in base salary in 2013, with $160,000 in per-game roster bonuses.

Cribbs' explosive return highlights need no introduction or elaboration from me. But here are some of his best, if you care to relive the drama:

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Sam Allard is the Senior Writer at Scene, in which capacity he covers politics and power and writes about movies when time permits. He's a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and the NEOMFA at Cleveland State. Prior to joining Scene, he was encamped in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on an...