{"id":6899,"date":"2012-08-27T18:26:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T22:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=6899"},"modified":"2012-08-27T18:28:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T22:28:17","slug":"first-cut-is-the-deepest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2012\/08\/27\/first-cut-is-the-deepest\/","title":{"rendered":"First Cut Is The Deepest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Redskins announced today that they have waived the following players from their 90-man roster, to get down to the required 75:<\/p>\n<p>RB Lennon Creer<br \/>\nRB Antwon Bailey<br \/>\nOL Chris Campbell<br \/>\nQB Jonathan Crompton<br \/>\nWR Samuel Kirkland<br \/>\nLB Monte Lewis<br \/>\nG Nick Martinez<br \/>\nTE Beau Reliford<br \/>\nOL James Lee<br \/>\nOL Tony Moll<br \/>\nK Neil Rackers<\/p>\n<p>WR Lance Lewis (Waived-Injured)<br \/>\nCB Morgan Trent (Waived with Injury Settlement)<\/p>\n<p>CB Kevin Barnes to the Detroit Lions via trade.<br \/>\nOT Jammal Brown was placed on thePUP list<\/p>\n<p>No real surprises except that Neil Rackers got about as lousy a shot at the kicking job as Shayne Graham did last year. 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