http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2949591Six-year veteran safety Jarrod Cooper, suspended for the first four games of the season by the league last week for a violation of the NFL's steroid policy, has been released by the Oakland Raiders at the outset of training camp.
The move could end the career of the former Kansas State standout, who was regarded as one of the NFL's best special teams players, but whose tenure in the league has been marked by a series of off-field problems.
The suspension last week was the second four-game sanction of Cooper's career. In 2003, while with the Carolina Panthers, he was suspended four games and docked six game checks after a second incident in which he was charged with driving while impaired. The Panthers released Cooper in the spring of 2004 after he was accused of providing false information to a police officer.
