The Raiders have released running back Dominic Rhodes after his future with the team was put in question with the drafting of Darren McFadden, according to ESPN.com. With Rhodes out of the picture, Oakland still has McFadden, Justin Fargas, and LaMont Jordan under contract. Rhodes signed a two-year deal with the Raiders last offseason and was suspended for four games for violating the league's substance abuse policy.

The Chargers added depth at the quarterback position Friday when they claimed Casey Bramlet off waivers from the Miami Dolphins. Bramlet, 27, becomes the fourth quarterback on the roster, joining Philip Rivers, Billy Volek, and Charlie Whitehurst. Bramlet, 6-4, 230, holds multiple passing records at the University of Wyoming, where he teamed with Chargers' wide receiver Malcom Floyd. The Wheatland, Wyoming native originally entered the NFL as a seventh-round pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2004 NFL Draft. He backed up Jon Kitna and Carson Palmer during his rookie season and then spent the spring of 2005 with the Hamburg Sea Devils of NFL Europe. Bramlet returned to Cincinnati for training camp in 2005 but was released prior to the regular season. In January 2006, Bramlet signed with the Washington Redskins. He was waived by Washington at the end of training camp in 2006, but the club resigned him in January, 2007 and allocated him to NFL Europe for another season with the Sea Devils. Bramlet was named MVP of World Bowl XV after he led his club to the league title. After being waived by the Redskins at the end of training camp last summer, Bramlet joined the practice squad of the Atlanta Falcons and then spent two weeks as the club?s third quarterback. He was waived on September 19 and joined the Miami Dolphins? practice squad. Bramlet was elevated to the active roster and served as Miami?s third quarterback for the final two weeks of the 2007 regular season.

The Broncos on Monday waived defensive tackle Antwon Burton, as reported by Yahoo.com. Burton appeared in just six games during the 2007 season, making four tackles.

On Monday running back Quincy Wilson was waived by the Bengals, as reported by the Associated Press. It is the second time in the past five days the Bengals have released a player who had been arrested. The second-year running back from West Virginia was arrested last June 17 in Huntington, W.Va., and charged with disorderly conduct for failing to disperse after a weekend wedding party.