LaMont Jordan is owed $4.7 million this season, and the Raiders are looking to trade him because they believe he still has value. Interested teams are likely to hold off on making offers for Jordan hoping that he is released, and they could then sign him to a more affordable contract.

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 Raiders traded cornerback Fabian Washington to the Ravens in exchange for a fourth-round pick on the second day of the NFL Draft on Sunday, according to the Contra Costa Times. Washington was a first-round pick back in 2005.

Could LaMont Jordan's career in Oakland be over? "LaMont does have a very high contract," said Head Coach Lane Kiffin. "So we have to look at what else is going on and make a decision."

Darren McFadden has made some comments that lead people to believe that he wouldn't mind playing for the Raiders, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. He devoted an entire blog to his visit with the Raiders on Wednesday. "He is a coach I would love to play for," McFadden wrote of Lane Kiffin. "He is the type of coach who can take me to the next level ... I think we'd be a great combination." "I was really excited about that. He had a lot of energy, and he knows so much about the game and all the players in the draft. We spent about 10 minutes together, and I enjoyed it very much," he added about Al Davis.

The Raiders signed free agent center John Wade on Monday to fill a potential hole on their offensive line, according to an Associated Press report. Wade has started 106 of his 126 career games since entering the NFL in 1998 as a fifth-round draft choice by Jacksonville. Wade started every game the past three seasons for Tampa Bay.