Raiders release Stanford Routt

Raiders release Stanford Routt

Well, here’s the first big surprising move of the offseason. Oakland released cornerback Stanford Routt on Thursday, less than a year after the team gave him a “five-year, $54.5 million” contract. (It was originally a three-year, $31.5 million deal, then the team restructured the deal.) Of course, Al Davis was the one who gave Routt…