Las Vegas Raiders are releasing Roderic Teamer after he was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning – hours before his team played Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs.
He is now looking to join a new team and Raiders interim coach Antonio Pierce confirmed the news on Monday.
Teamer was arrested on speeding and a DUI and released from custody on Sunday morning.
He played 33 games for the Raiders across the last two seasons and had just returned from a hamstring injury before the Chiefs game.
Teamer was activated off Las Vegas’ injured list on Saturday after a hamstring knock kept him out of action.
After suffering the injury in Week 6 against the New England Patriots, Teamer was a full participant in most practices this week.
Teamer has been with the Raiders since 2021 after starting his career with the Los Angeles Chargers and a brief stint on the Indianapolis Colts practice squad.
The Raiders were beaten by 31-17 the Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, despite taking a 14-0 lead early into the game.
It leaves the Las Vegas team 5-7 for the season and next, they host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
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Raiders’ Coach Pierce Monday Press Bye Week
HENDERSON, Nev.–The Las Vegas Raiders (5-7) record-wise are precisely where we thought they would be when we predicted their record entering the bye week before the season.
Moments ago, Coach Antonio Pierce spoke about the state of the franchise. We have it, in its entirety, for you.
You can watch the entire press conference above.
Coach Pierce discussed the late bye-week this season, “Get healthy. Get fresh. We have two home games coming up. We talked about that as a team, as a staff. It was a great opportunity for us, three straight home games. Obviously, this one didn’t go how we wanted it to, but we have the Vikings coming here. But first and foremost, I told our guys to get themselves right. Get healthy, get fresh. Twelve weeks is a long time to go without a bye. And these guys have really battled through it, fighting through injuries. You saw what Maxx [Crosby] went through this week, and the will to want to play. These guys are not quitting. There’s no quit in this team. There won’t be quit next week. They’re going into the bye, we’ll become fresh, we’ll get back to work on Monday and get ready for the Vikings at home.”
Superstar DE Maxx Crosby said of the bye-week, “It’s coming at a good time, for sure. We just had to battle through some things. It was just tough. I had some infections, different things like that, so I was down for the count for a few days. So, yeah, just part of it. So, luckily I have great people around me, a great team around me, and they helped me a lot and made it possible.”
The Silver and Black will return home to Allegiant Stadium to take on the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, December 10, at 4:05 p.m. EST/1:05 p.m. PST
