[UPDATE: The Raiders have cancelled the meeting.]
Former Texans linebacker Brian Cushing is slated to visit the Raiders on Sunday, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. The Raiders recently added Derrick Johnson to their linebacker group and Cushing could be the latest veteran to join.
Cushing comes with question marks, including two career PED violations, the most recent of which cost him ten games in 2017. He has also struggled with knee issues that sidelined him in 2012 and 2013. Still, he was a significant contributor for the Texans in 2015 and 2016.
Cushing started all 104 regular season games he played with the Texans over the course of nine seasons with the team. Despite his achievements, the aforementioned bans and injuries have apparently hampered his market. We had Cushing ranked as the 12th best linebacker available heading into free agency. In retrospect, that may have been a bit too high. The 30-year-old (31 in July) met with the Seahawks in March, but left Seattle without a contract.
So far this offseason, Jon Gruden has overhauled the Raiders’ linebacking corps with the additions of Emmanuel Lamur, Tahir Whitehead, and Johnson in free agency. Meanwhile, Navorro Bowman remains in limbo.
The man is going to end up suspended or on IR.