Well, when a player is ‘waived’, they are subject to the waiver wire, where any team can claim them and assume their current contract. Currently, the waiver wire order (listed below) is dependent on the NFL Draft order from this past April, but without any trades.

The Raiders made a slew of roster moves Monday, releasing or waiving 18 players one day ahead of the NFL’s cutdown day. The team waived offensive tackle Gottlieb Ayedze, linebacker Michael Barrett, defensive tackle Tank Booker,

Cooper, a five-time Pro Bowl selection and the Raiders' first-round pick (fourth overall) in the 2015 NFL Draft, returns to the Silver and Black for his 11th NFL season. Pickett comes to the Silver and Black for his fourth NFL season after spending the offseason and training camp with the Cleveland Browns.

The Raiders have started trimming down their roster to 53 players. The team announced today that they’ve moved on from 18 players:

The Las Vegas Raiders, even after yesterday’s mandatory NFL cutdown to a 53-man roster, are continuing to make moves and engage in an intriguing

Cooper’s signing wasn’t the only significant roster move Las Vegas made on Monday. The Raiders announced Monday they waived 14 players and released four others. Former Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith was in that group. Smith signed with the Raiders in the offseason after a tryout at the team’s rookie minicamp.

After an initial wave of roster cuts on Monday, the Raiders made several moves to trim their squad to 53 players.

The Las Vegas Raiders trimmed their roster by 18 players today in working toward finalizing their initial 53-man roster ahead of Tuesday’s deadline