Isaac Rochell’s release from the Raiders earlier this week already had a painful note to it. The defensive end was cut loose on Tuesday, which he announced on social media shortly thereafter.
What made the transaction particularly distressing was that the decision came hours after the Raiders posted a video about Rochell and his brother serving in the Air Force as part of the NFL’s Salute to Service campaign. Rochell responded by acknowledging the poor timing of those events.
(Ironically, his bio on X—formerly Twitter—says, “I’ve been advised to stop tweeting random stuff.”)
