4:39AM Tuesday
March 19, 2013

The Oakland Raiders cut a pair of former first-round picks

yesterday, as the club parted ways with wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey and

safety Michael Huff, the team announced.

The Raiders shocked everyone when they took Heyward-Bey with

the No. 7 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. The wide out was a combine king,

as he remains one of the fastest at his position. He was able to average

roughly 800 yards receiving over the past two years, but he never developed

into the No. 1 option the Raiders envisioned.

Huff was also selected No. 7 overall, but Oakland made him

their first-round pick in 2006. His cut doesn't appear to be due to his play on

the field, as he's been an above-average safety. It's more likely that the team

no longer wanted to pay him as one of the game's best at his position.

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