{"id":797346,"date":"2026-03-07T01:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/797346\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T01:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:17:18","slug":"raiders-release-guard-alex-cappa-in-offensive-line-rebuild-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/797346\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders release guard Alex Cappa in offensive line rebuild | NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) \u2014 The Las Vegas Raiders began the makeover of their offensive line Friday by releasing eight-year veteran guard Alex Cappa.<\/p>\n<p>He played in all 17 games last season, starting eight. Cappa was a full-time starter his previous six seasons in Tampa Bay and Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>This figures to be the first of a handful of moves under <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/raiders-kubiak-seahawks-super-bowl-0631454a8f1d0cf5629706c1ded43ecc?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first-year coach Klint Kubiak<\/a> to better protect quarterback Fernando Mendoza, widely <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nfl-mock-draft-fernando-mendoza-simpson-reese-b43a8bcec4c9212a0c4f48a0541b1ff6?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expected to be the top pick<\/a> of the NFL draft. The Raiders allowed a league-high 64 sacks behind a struggling offensive line that also experienced several significant injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Quarterback Geno Smith is likely to be released before the beginning of the league year Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas also would like to bolster the front to create more <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jeanty-raiders-carroll-smith-boise-state-58bd8de1c3bca831fa8b5c3df876a796?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">running opportunities for Ashton Jeanty<\/a>, the sixth pick in last year&#8217;s draft. He rushed for 975 yards, averaging 3.7 per carry.<\/p>\n<p>AP NFL: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Success! An email has been sent to  with a link to confirm list signup.\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Error! There was an error processing your request.\n            <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) \u2014 The Las Vegas Raiders began the makeover of their offensive line Friday by releasing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6,15,498,111913,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-797346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-draft","11":"tag-nfl-football","12":"tag-raiders-alex-cappa","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116185257997510034","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}