Quote (Benny21 @ Aug 29 2015 02:53pm)
Waived S Jonathan Dowling today. Surprising timing, but he's kind of a fuck boy. In our first preseason game he gave up a huge gain, but made a big hit on his tackle and got up in the face of the guy he tackled. Such a scrub rolf
"The Raiders surprisingly waived safety Jonathan Dowling on Saturday, a day before their third preseason game. Dowling had his first career interception just last week when he picked off Shaun Hill in a 20-12 loss in Minnesota.
League sources say Dowling was cut due to maturity issues, and not his play on the field. The Raiders were trying to trade him the last couple of days.
Apparently a series of small incidents built up to where the coaches decided to move on; the personalities were a bad fit. Dowling was shocked when he was told.
Dowling had been playing ahead of veteran Brandian Ross this preseason. The Raiders, who start Charles Woodson and Nate Allen at safety, also just signed veteran Taylor Mays, who was cut by the Lions, on Wednesday.
A seventh-round draft pick out of Western Kentucky, Dowling played in seven games last season as a rookie."