BREAKING: Raiders Waived Four Players

The Las Vegas Raiders made a series of roster moves on Tuesday that will impact the team in training camp.

Jun 11, 2025; Henderson, NV, USA; Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll looks on during Las Vegas Raiders Minicamp at Intermountain Health Performance Center. Mandatory Credit: Candice Ward-Imagn Images | Candice Ward-Imagn Images

On the first day of training camp, the Las Vegas Raiders were not active on the field, but off it, they were. The Raiders made a series of moves to add players, and that also meant they had to make moves to cut players on the roster as well. The Silver and Black will take the field for their first practice on the field tomorrow.

On Monday, the Raiders waived wide receivers Zakhari Franklin and Key'Shawn Smith. They also waived linebacker Jailin Walker and cornerback Mello Dotson.

These moves came after the Raiders signed some new players for their roster. Wide receivers Phillip Dorsett II and Seth Williams. Guard Atonio Mafi and safeties Jamal Adams and JT Woods.

#RAIDERS ROSTER MOVES:

Signed the following players:
- S Jamal Adams
- WR Phillip Dorsett II
- G Atonio Mafi
- WR Seth Williams
- S JT Woods

Waived the following players:
- CB Mello Dotson
- WR Zakhari Franklin
- WR Key'Shawn Smith
- LB Jailin Walker

— Raiders PR (@RAIDERS_PR) July 22, 2025

We know that the Raiders have a lot of question marks at the safety want wide receiver positions. These are two areas of the Raiders team that have a lot of young talent. The Raiders now give those positions some veteran players who can come in and teach the youth and compete with them as well. That is something that head coach Pete Carroll has talked about all offseason long.

Carroll has also talked about whether the Raiders can get better by adding players; that is what they will do. On Monday, we saw that happen, and now we will see if the Raiders have something in the new players that they have brought in.

"We want to win a bunch of games, I can't even imagine anything [else]," said Carroll on Tuesday. "I've been winning 10 games a year for 20 years or something. What are my expectations? We want to win a bunch. And I don't care who hears that, it doesn't matter to me.

"It ain't about what anybody hears, it's about what we do."

"There's nothing more important for our guys than being a good teammate, and I see the value in that so much more clearly than I have in the past," he added. "The demands that come on every player, every player has the opportunity to help our team by being a better teammate than they've been in the past."

The Raiders have addressed a lot of different positions this offseason to step up their team for success, and the moves for the Raiders in training are not over just yet.

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