Veteran safety D.J. Swearinger has found a new home. The Raiders are signing Swearinger to a deal, sources told Vic Tafur of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Oakland worked out Swearinger earlier this week, and apparently liked what they saw. With their win over the Chargers on Thursday Night Football the Raiders are now 5-4, and right in the thick of things in the AFC playoff hunt. Their secondary has lagged all season, so it’s not shocking that they’re bringing in some veteran help for the postseason push. Safety Karl Joseph also suffered a significant foot injury Thursday night, which might’ve contributed to this decision.
Swearinger has shown he’s capable of playing at a fairly high level in the past, but has often had falling outs with his coaching staffs. Originally drafted by the Texans in the second-round back in 2013, he was cut after just two seasons following disagreements with Bill O’Brien.
He has since spent time with the Buccaneers, the Cardinals on two different occasions, and the Redskins. After a public beef with Washington defensive coordinator Greg Manusky he was waived toward the end of last season, and claimed by Arizona. He played every snap through the first four games of this season with the Cardinals, but was then suddenly cut. Oakland’s secondary has been pretty banged up and promising rookie safety Johnathan Abram is on injured reserve, so they needed some depth at the position.
I give him 6 games (max) before they cut him. This guy just can’t shut up and play football. Teams don’t put up with this stuff anymore (unless the player has Mahomes-like skills).
I wouldn’t call that a very bold prediction…they only have 7 games left lol
Great locker room leader…..N O T !!!
What happened to Joseph? Didn’t he intercept the ball on the last play for LAC? How’d he get hurt?
It’s not really clear, but it happened on that very last place. Some type of foot injury. He was limping pretty severely off the field afterwards.
Left stadium on crutches. If you look at last play, left food was rolled/torqued pretty significantly